{"id":51178,"date":"2025-08-18T18:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=51178"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T09:14:53","slug":"nexon-subcontractor-sued-and-fined-for-leaking-maplestory-update-prior-to-live-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nexon-subcontractor-sued-and-fined-for-leaking-maplestory-update-prior-to-live-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexon subcontractor sued and fined for leaking MapleStory update prior to live showcase\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An employee of a Nexon subcontractor is being fined 100 million won (roughly $72,249 USD) in damages for leaking key information related to last December\u2019s <strong>MapleStory Next Showcase<\/strong>. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisgame.com\/articles\/401257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThisIsGame<\/a> (via machine translation). Nexon received a favorable court ruling after filing criminal charges for trade secret infringement and lodging a lawsuit seeking damages from the leaker and their company.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maple Now | \uae40\ucc3d\uc12d \ub514\ub809\ud130 (25.08.14)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iuIzLkdqMSw?start=6845&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Changseop Kim, the current director of MapleStory South Korea, revealed as much during a Maple Now livestream on August 14. According to Kim, while MapleStory Next Showcases started as a series of video showcases where new information is announced, they have since evolved into social gatherings for the playerbase to celebrate their love for the game. The leaker not only undermined the original intent of the Next Showcases but also spoiled the experience for many MapleStory players.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving forward, Nexon states that \u201cany attempt to leak information that has not been made public through official channels in advance or similar will be considered an illegal act that hinders the smooth operation of our game service.\u201d In addition, the company will \u201ccontinue to take all possible measures against such information leaks and plan to respond strongly without lenience to prevent any damage to users.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong>\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/despite-existing-for-22-years-and-facing-a-multi-million-dollar-scandal-over-rigged-loot-boxes-this-mmorpg-is-more-popular-than-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Despite existing for 22 years and facing a multi-million-dollar scandal over rigged loot boxes, MapleStort is more popular in Korea than ever\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/people-cant-unsee-tanjiro-butt-in-maplestory-x-demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People can\u2019t unsee Tanjiro\u2019s butt in MapleStory x Demon Slayer ad<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexon filed criminal charges for trade secret infringement and a lawsuit seeking damages from the leaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":51181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-51178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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