Nickelodeon says it is probing claims that "decades old" material was stolen from it and leaked online. This follows reports on social media that someone had dumped 500GB of snatched animation files. Hilarity, and many SpongeBob SquarePants memes, ensued.
"We are aware of social media posts that alleged production-related files were made available without authorization and we are investigating," a Nickelodeon spokesperson told The Register. "The alleged leaked content appears related to production files only, not long-form content or employee or user data, and some of it appears to be decades old."
The kids' cable programming giant declined to answer specific questions about the snafu.
Read more: https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/06/nickelodeon_confirms_data_leak/
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