{"id":4387,"date":"2020-04-24T11:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T11:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/nintendo-confirms-160-000-accounts-affected-hackers"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:20:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:20:19","slug":"nintendo-confirms-160-000-accounts-affected-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/nintendo-confirms-160-000-accounts-affected-hackers","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo confirms 160,000 accounts affected by hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 160,000 Nintendo accounts have been accessed by hackers, the company&nbsp;has confirmed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After Nintendo&nbsp;previously stated they were investigating reports from players over hacked accounts, the company is now taking measures to protect players after confirming the cases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/support\/information\/2020\/0424.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo&rsquo;s Japanese support site<\/a>, they confirmed 160,000 accounts may have received unauthorised access &#8211; with nicknames, date of birth, country\/region and email addresses potentially viewable by a third party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The site states no credit card information has so far&nbsp;been accessed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1253646196427669504\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg);\"><\/twitter-widget><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1587729822244243386=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1587730012487125166=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In response to recent incidents related to some Nintendo Accounts, it is no longer possible to sign into a Nintendo Account using a Nintendo Network ID. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Please visit our Support website for more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NWyXLiS1wR\">https:\/\/t.co\/NWyXLiS1wR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1253646196427669504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The issue is connected to Nintendo Network ID&rsquo;s log-in system, with usernames and passwords &#8220;obtained illegally by some other means outside our&nbsp;service&#8221;&nbsp;from the beginning of April.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo has now abolished the ability to log-in via Nintendo Network ID, with players to be contacted about resetting passwords for NNID.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;re also encouraging players to enable two-step verification on your Nintendo Account. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.uk\/Support\/Nintendo-Switch\/How-to-Set-Up-2-Step-Authentication-named-two-step-verification-in-the-Nintendo-Account-settings-for-a-Nintendo-Account-1466677.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">find out how to do so here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We apologise for the inconvenience and concerns caused to our customers, and we will continue working hard to safeguard the security of our users&rsquo; data,&rdquo; Nintendo states.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the&nbsp;issue&nbsp;stems back to the beginning of April, it&#8217;s surprising Nintendo hadn&#8217;t picked up on the breach sooner. 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