‘Pokémon Sword and Shield’ hacker arrested for selling altered save data
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nme.comPokémon Sword and Shield has been arrested in Japan.The man, who had hacked and altered save data for Pokémon Sword and Shield was recently found out, according to a report in the newspaper Asahi translated by user ‘Serebii ‘on Resetera.The man sold a Sobble, which he had modified the details of with a PC, to a 36-year-old man in Kyoto for £30.It is believed that the man has earned around £7950 performing this service for people since November 2020.Altering game files and trading them has been considered a punishable offence since a 2019 change to Japan’s Unfair Competition Prevention Act added three rulings that covered the distribution of save data editors, the selling of product keys without the maker’s knowledge, and the sale of.
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