Nintendo bomb threat stemmed from a computer virus
Back in early September, an online message appeared from an anonymous source that simply stated “This week, I’m going to blow up Nintendo headquarters.”. I hadn’t heard anything about it until today (not sure why it wasn’t reported!), but it appears that Japanese police swiftly apprehended the person who made the comment, but ended up releasing him a week later. Why? The message may have been caused by a computer virus that allowed a third party to control the computer and do with it what they will. I guess they decided it would be a good idea to get a guy in trouble for claiming to want to blow up Nintendo HQ?
This isn’t the only case of the virus though: An animator who worked on series’ like Yu-Gi-Oh and Tiger & Bunny was a victim of a similar crime, which ended with him being arrested for a short while and released after authorities discovered that the root cause was this same virus.
Of course, Nintendo HQ is still here so whoever made the threats didn’t follow-through, but you do have to wonder why he or she would do something like this!
