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Google employee apparently to blame for numerous Nintendo leaks

Google employee apparently to blame for numerous Nintendo leaks

GOOGLE has a strict database covering all security breaches and their internal investigations.

A recent report on Google’s internal database has apparently uncovered the truth about five years of Nintendo leaks.

An employee allegedly watched Nintendo videos before they were made publicCredit: Norwood Themes via Unsplash

Google owns YouTube and a number of companies upload videos to YouTube before their official release to ensure they are ready in time.

These videos remain unlisted until release and are pre-loaded, as depending on the length of the video, they may take a long time to load.

Although the general public cannot access these videos, some Google employees can view and verify the video.

This is not done for all videos, but it can be done to ensure that the video complies with YouTube’s guidelines, usually if the video is flagged for content that violates the guidelines.

The database was seen by 404 Media, which says it saw these reports thanks to an anonymous source.

Google has verified the content of internal reports and states that privacy violations were resolved when they occurred.

However, the report shows that Nintendo’s unlisted videos were apparently viewed by an employee and their content leaked for five years.

Due to the long timeline of these events, it appears that the breach has not been reported to Google for several years.

Private Nintendo videos were allegedly viewed between 2013 and 2018 by a Google employee, and the content of these videos was apparently leaked online.

The report does not detail which videos were affected or what information was shared, only that the activity was “unintentional.”

It is not detailed how the unintentional breach occurred or what happened to the employee as a result of the breach.

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