Hundreds of thousands of accounts Nintendo compromise
Since April, some social networking users have begun to notice fraudulent activities on their Nintendo accounts. Some indicated that their accounts were used to play games, buy virtual currency or other things on the platform. In extreme cases, the user's e-mail address would be used to connect to PayPayal and perform credit card transactions within the platform. After a further investigation, Nintendo realized that more than 160,000 accounts had been falsified and issued an official declaration (originally written in Japanese): We sincerely apologize to our customers and parties related to any inconvenience and concern. In the future, we will make new efforts to enhance security and guarantee security so that similar events do not occur. » Users have been invited to reset their passwords, register for two-factor authentication and use Nintendo e-mails for their accounts (as opposed to personal emails), which is a fairly standard procedure . Everything was supposed to be solved ...