On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan\u2019s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan’s largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man shared his motivation for the hack: he wanted to buy Pok\u00e9mon cards.
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