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He grabbed 4,000 users' details

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Spanish police have arrested an alleged cyber-extortionist accused of using stolen personal details of 4,000 users to blackmail Nintendo.

The unnamed alleged hacker, from the Malaga area of southern Spain, allegedly threatened to report Nintendo to data protection authorities over a security breach he was responsible for unless Nintendo met his demands. The online hustler made the threat last week before posting information on one user on an online forum after the games giant ignored his threats, AFP reports. ®

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By the looks of it

you all must have gotten A* on your linguaphone courses.

Stick to the 'ona serveza poh favoh', no use trying to get any further.

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Si!

And NEVER respond to the likes of 'Beso mi donde el Sol ne la britte!'

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I hear the prisons in southern Spain can be quite nice at this time of year..

...but beware plumbers with big moustaches and don't drop the jabon in the ducha.

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