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A Japanese man was arrested Thursday for hacking Pokémon into Sword and Shield.
According to the Aichi Prefectural Police—via Asahi—a man was arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act. The police say that the 23-year-old man from Nagoya City illegally rewrote the abilities of Pokémon for customers in Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch.
The man later admitted to the charges.
Last April, the man responded to a request from a 36-year-old male office worker in Kyoto to obtain the Pokémon "Messon" or "Sobble" in English. There was suspicion that the man modified the Pokémon with his personal computer and sent it for 4,400 yen (approximately $42 USD).
Pokémon Sword and Shield already has a function that prevents data from being illegally rewritten, but the 23-year-old said that he bypassed it using his own software. Officials believe that the man has earned 1.15 million yen (approximately $10,900) between January to November 2020 by hacking Pokémon into Sword and Shield.
Read more here. (Newsweek)
Original Source. (Asahi News)
According to the Aichi Prefectural Police—via Asahi—a man was arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act. The police say that the 23-year-old man from Nagoya City illegally rewrote the abilities of Pokémon for customers in Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch.
The man later admitted to the charges.
Last April, the man responded to a request from a 36-year-old male office worker in Kyoto to obtain the Pokémon "Messon" or "Sobble" in English. There was suspicion that the man modified the Pokémon with his personal computer and sent it for 4,400 yen (approximately $42 USD).
Pokémon Sword and Shield already has a function that prevents data from being illegally rewritten, but the 23-year-old said that he bypassed it using his own software. Officials believe that the man has earned 1.15 million yen (approximately $10,900) between January to November 2020 by hacking Pokémon into Sword and Shield.
Read more here. (Newsweek)
Original Source. (Asahi News)
