Pokémon Center Hit by CEVA Logistics Data Breach Affecting UK and German Customers

The official Pokémon merchandise storefront, Pokémon Center, has been caught up in a data breach that has exposed customer information, with the incident now confirmed to have affected its UK and German storefronts. The breach traces back to CEVA Logistics, a third-party logistics provider whose compromised systems have had ripple effects across multiple major companies. The situation came to wider public attention just days after the same breach was reported to have impacted Valve's Steam hardware operation, suggesting the fallout from CEVA's security incident is considerably broader than first understood.

Eurogamer reports that Pokémon Center's European presence in the UK and Germany was struck by the same CEVA Logistics breach that recently blindsided Valve. The timing of the disclosures, arriving within days of each other, points to a coordinated notification effort by CEVA as it works to alert affected partners. Pokémon Center customers who have placed orders or created accounts through the UK or German storefronts may have had their personal information exposed, though the full scope of what data was accessed has not yet been made fully public.

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