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High profile Pokémon Go player wants account back after devastating hack


A high-profile Pokémon Go player and streamer has had his game account hacked and some of his rarest Pokémon deleted, r…

FleeceKing appeared to suggest he had already raised the issue with Pokémon Go developer Niantic and had some form of response, as he continued by saying the company was seeking to restore his access. It's unclear if the account will be returned to FleeceKing as-is, with many of his prize creatures deleted, or whether it can be rolled back to its prior state. It'll be interesting to see if Niantic itself bends the rules here for a high profile player such as FleeceKing, or whether its stance on refusing to return deleted Pokémon will stand.

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