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Nintendo Confirms Around 160,000 Accounts Breached

Nintendo has confirmed the possibility that as many 160,000 Nintendo Accounts were breached in a hack earlier this month.

kotaku.com

Nintendo has confirmed the possibility that as many 160,000 Nintendo Accounts were breached in a hack earlier this month.

According to Kyoto-based game maker, the Nintendo Account breach was connected to users with Nintendo Network ID logins. Starting today, the company has disabled the NNID login function and reset the passwords of the affected accounts. Nintendo is asking users to turn on two-factor authentication.

The Nintendo Network IDs were originally connected to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems.

As our colleagues at Kotaku Australia noted earlier this week, there have been reports of security breaches, with users claiming that unknown third parties had accessed their accounts. “We are aware of reports of unauthorized access to some Nintendo Accounts and we are investigating the situation,” a Nintendo spokesperson told Kotaku Australia at the time. “In the meantime, we recommend that users enable two-step verification for their Nintendo Account.”

 

[Fake]

Oh boy.

 

[EliteSmurf]

 

[Airbus Jr]

Ok

Now how theyre going to handle this ?

Our acount is compromised

 

[MasterCornholio]

 

[Armorian]

 

[Jayjayhd34]

That was worrying just checked and not been compromised gonna turn on 2fa.

So for those effected have password been compromised?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

LOL.

Hey, didn't Sophia N state there were sketchy compromised accounts 2 weeks ago?

As Klee would say on Reee..... Bingo.

 

[Craig of War]

Oh that bad not as bad as Sony got hacked in 2011 but still bad.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Mine was comprised af. I had to change my password every other hour for 2 days. Fucking Nintendo.

 

[Spukc]

No cloud saves for animal crossing.
HERPDERP

Maybe just cancel online gaming since it's pretty shit at nintendo. Srsly whoever is in charge of online connectivity at nintendo. Sack him/her. The dreamcast was better then this

 

[D.Final]

Nintendo Confirms Around 160,000 Accounts Breached

Nintendo has confirmed the possibility that as many 160,000 Nintendo Accounts were breached in a hack earlier this month.

kotaku.com

Nintendo has confirmed the possibility that as many 160,000 Nintendo Accounts were breached in a hack earlier this month.

According to Kyoto-based game maker, the Nintendo Account breach was connected to users with Nintendo Network ID logins. Starting today, the company has disabled the NNID login function and reset the passwords of the affected accounts. Nintendo is asking users to turn on two-factor authentication.

The Nintendo Network IDs were originally connected to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems.

As our colleagues at Kotaku Australia noted earlier this week, there have been reports of security breaches, with users claiming that unknown third parties had accessed their accounts. “We are aware of reports of unauthorized access to some Nintendo Accounts and we are investigating the situation,” a Nintendo spokesperson told Kotaku Australia at the time. “In the meantime, we recommend that users enable two-step verification for their Nintendo Account.”

Oh boooy

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Nintendo account breach affected almost twice as many people as previously thought

UPDATE 4.30PM: Nintendo has sent through this new statement: "We would like to provide an update on the recent incident…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Nikana]

Sweet, Bring on that identity theft.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

It's so bad for gamers. Nintendo reacts quick. Well done.

 

[D.Final]

Nintendo account breach affected almost twice as many people as previously thought

UPDATE 4.30PM: Nintendo has sent through this new statement: "We would like to provide an update on the recent incident…

www.eurogamer.net

Let's hope for the best

 

[TheContact]

1) use two factor for EVERYTHING you own
2) never use the same password across multiple sites (for help with this use a password manager)

 

[Silvawuff]

I had my card info stolen from the Sony breach. They tried to buy $3K in foreign airline tickets before my bank shut it down and refunded me.

This stuff is no joke. If you were compromised, call your bank and get a new card issued ASAP.

 

[Kamina]

I had my card info stolen from the Sony breach. They tried to buy $3K in foreign airline tickets before my bank shut it down and refunded me.

This stuff is no joke. If you were compromised, call your bank and get a new card issued ASAP.

My credit card info was also stolen back in the day due to the Sony breach.
They ordered Sports Supplements on Amazon on my credit card

 

[The Skull]

Thankfully I have TFA on everything. Hope no one is effected by this.

 

[Tigerlord]

Nintendo Network ID breach had another 140,000 accounts compromised, Nintendo currently working to refund customers

From the GoNintendo Archives

gonintendo.com