Nintendo recently shared an update regarding the unauthorized logins detected on 160,000 Nintendo Network IDs last April 2020. Based on Nintendo's website, further investigation shows that 140,000 more accounts have been accessed maliciously. This records a total of 300,000 hacked Nintendo accounts. Standard security measures such as resetting the password of these Nintendo Network IDs, as well as the linked Nintendo accounts, were made. Nintendo also recorded that less than 1% of NNIDs around the world may have placed purchases via the Nintendo account. The Japanese gaming company is still in the process of refunding other customers with unauthorized transactions through the My Nintendo Store or Nintendo eShop. You may read our article about setting up two-step verification on Nintendo accounts. Last March we saw the rise of a hybrid console in the form of the Nintendo Switch. It immediately put Nintendo back into the competition, but sadly during release, we only had a small library of games. Read more in our articles including "Nintendo updates report on unauthorized logins to 300,000" and "Top Nintendo Switch Games of September 2017".
Nintendo recently shared an update regarding the unauthorized logins detected on 160,000 Nintendo Network IDs last April 2020. Based on Nintendo's website, further investigation shows that 140,000 more accounts have been accessed maliciously.
This records a total of 300,000 hacked Nintendo accounts. Standard security measures such as resetting the password of these Nintendo Network IDs, as well as the linked Nintendo accounts, were made. Nintendo also recorded that less than 1% of NNIDs around the world may have placed purchases via the Nintendo account.
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