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| Nintendo confirms data breach from 160 thousand accounts on its platform |
As of Friday, Nintendo confirmed an earlier account hacking report a few weeks ago, affecting more than 100,000 platform users.
The Japanese gaming giant has said that about 160,000 accounts have been compromised on its platform, and that many accounts have been used to purchase digital products without the owner’s consent. In addition to purchasing power, violators can also access personal data, for example: birthdate and email address.
After repeated login to the account in the past few weeks, the problem seems to have worsened. To address this issue, the company has disabled the Nintendo Network ID (old account system that can be tracked to 3DS / Wii U). The company reset the password of the affected users and recommended that all users be the same. The system enables two-factor authentication.
The company announced that it will send notifications to about 160,000 targeted users in April this year. The company announced earlier this week that it was investigating the issue, and several users had previously discovered that it had purchased goods in error through a PayPal account, for example: Fortnite V-Bucks.
Nintendo is believed to be still trying to understand how hackers access NNID information. Ask users to submit comments to determine the cause of the violation.