Demon Slayer Knockoffs Lead To Arrests In Japan kotaku.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kotaku.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Hacker Arrested For Selling Modified Save Data
We ve heard in the past about crackdowns on street sales of modded Nintendo hardware and games, but this story is
slightly different. Back in April, Tokyo-based Chinese national Ichimin Sho posted an advertisement on a Japanese e-commerce site selling ultimate save data for
In reality, this ultimate save data was actually just modified data, and Sho was offering to make any changes buyers requested - such as boosted stats and abilities for the price of 3,500 yen (around $32.00 USD). One of the interested parties was actually the Niigata Prefectural Police and the 27-year-old man was arrested earlier this week under violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act in Japan.
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Japanese Man Arrested for Selling Hacked Pokemon
A Japanese man has been arrested for selling hacked Pokemon in
Pokemon Sword and Shield and then selling the hacked Pokmon to other players. Per the police report, the man was first flagged for selling the Pokemon Sobble for 4,400 yen (approximately $42) to an office worker back in April 2020. The police believes that he earned approximately 1.15 million yen (about $11,000) selling hacked Pokemon to customers. The man was arrested for violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, a Japanese law that, among other things, makes it illegal to modify save data on video games or sell modified game data to others.