Club Nintendo Japan hacked

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Japan's Club Nintendo service was hacked following thousands of unauthorized accesses across the last month. Nintendo announced that an internal investigation confirmed just under 24,000 illegitimate logins between June 9 and July 4, from over 15 million attempts.

As translated by Kotaku, Nintendo said customer information compromised in the attack includes full names, phone numbers, and home and email addresses. Happily, the service doesn't hold credit card information. Kotaku notes the attack is apparently limited to Japan's Club Nintendo, and other countries don't seem to be affected.

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo is strengthening Club Nintendo's security as a result, starting off with making users' old passwords invalid and requiring them to make new ones.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/05/club-nintendo-japan-hacked/

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RuinsPosted:

Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.

RuinsPosted:

TFM Haha this is hilarious.


im pissing myself

TFMPosted:

Haha this is hilarious.

AdamuPosted:

Lol it was just Japan.

WubsPosted:

I miss Nintendo :/

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
Katsumi
lel
Katsumi Ouch.. Things really aren't looking good for Nintendo in a general these days


Yeah I hope they pull it together


They currently have the 3DS but that's about all that they have at the moment. I hope to see them make a comeback in the console market and fix up their security.


I'm going to be honest, if they didn't have the 3DS or if the 3DS was doing poorly, Nintendo probably would have went under or at least became the next Sega and stop making consoles.


I think so as well. Nintendo should just stick to hand-held consoles and nostalgia at this point


I think they feel pressured to some degree with Xbox, PlayStation and PC gaming having all these fans and support. But I do agree with them sticking to handheld consoles and keeping to games their fans know and love. They could make a Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door remake or even another Star Fox game like their fans want.

ZukiPosted:

Nintendo has had its day anyway.

TFMPosted:

Nintendo stinks now.

KatsumiPosted:

RaheemSterling_31 I don't know why but i just feel sorry for Nintendo..


There isn't really a reason to feel sorry for Nintendo. It is a multi-national company which is turning a huge profit at the moment when it comes to 3DS sales.

KatsumiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Katsumi
lel
Katsumi Ouch.. Things really aren't looking good for Nintendo in a general these days


Yeah I hope they pull it together


They currently have the 3DS but that's about all that they have at the moment. I hope to see them make a comeback in the console market and fix up their security.


I'm going to be honest, if they didn't have the 3DS or if the 3DS was doing poorly, Nintendo probably would have went under or at least became the next Sega and stop making consoles.


I think so as well. Nintendo should just stick to hand-held consoles and nostalgia at this point


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