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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ReevePosted:

i think nintendo has a weaker security system then other console distributers in my opinion.

MentalistPosted:

Gossip Good thing no credit card info was hacked, that would suck


True, I would sue them and get rich ;)

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Gossip Good thing no credit card info was hacked, that would suck


I don't think many people have credit cards on Nintendo websites, I'm sure most people buy Nintendo products from the store. Plus Nintendo has some younger gamers who don't have a card unless it's a parent's or older sibling.

Requirement That's never good. Hopefully they didn't loose any info.


As for the info, personal info might have gotten taken but hopefully nothing too big that could cause any real problems.

GossipPosted:

Good thing no credit card info was hacked, that would suck

RequirementPosted:

That's never good. Hopefully they didn't loose any info.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

daw
Wagering That's quite the loss.


Lol what loss? They've been slacking a lot.


They haven't really been slacking but more of going downhill from sales and all that. They are putting new games out so I wouldn't say they are slacking, just having a rough time right now.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

BDB
Busselton
Oasis Ubi then this? Something big coming maybe?


I hope not, maybe it's just a coincidence :/


I hope they don't hack Sony or Microsoft anytime soon, that would be a shame.


I'm sure Sony and Microsoft have better security. I know Sony got hacked in the past but I'm sure they increased their security.

MentalistPosted:

Busselton
Oasis Ubi then this? Something big coming maybe?


I hope not, maybe it's just a coincidence :/


I hope they don't hack Sony or Microsoft anytime soon, that would be a shame.

MentalistPosted:

Really? I hate hackers so badly, whats the point?

AustraliansPosted:

Oasis Ubi then this? Something big coming maybe?


I hope not, maybe it's just a coincidence :/


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