Nintendo data breach statement
Definition
An official communication issued by the video game company Nintendo regarding the unauthorized access and exfiltration of internal data, typically involving information managed by third-party service providers like TINYpulse.
A journalistic or corporate term referring specifically to the response provided by Nintendo following claims by threat actors, such as SHADOWBYT3$, that they possessed sensitive employee or business records.
Examples
The Nintendo data breach statement was about as comforting as a Blue Shell appearing on your screen when you are in first place.
Nothing says transparency like a Nintendo data breach statement confirming someone else's HR software spilled the beans, but definitely not the Mushroom Kingdom's crown jewels.
When the hackers claimed to have stolen everything but the kitchen sink, Nintendo's data breach statement politely reminded everyone they were just looking at some survey results anyway.