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The 'ninjas' at Nintendo, Sega and Sony who hunt down traitors and leaks

By Jérémy André

Published on 16.04.2026 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 5 min

Video games and intelligence (1/2). © Stéphane Oiry

The major players in the video game industry use specialised units to track down pirates and traitors. The investigators working for the company that created Mario were exposed by a leak in 2020 and have been dubbed ‘Nintendo ninjas'.

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