Nintendo account breach affected almost twice as many people as previously thought

4 years ago

UPDATE 4.30PM: Nintendo has sent through this new statement:

"We would like to provide an update on the recent incidents of unauthorised access to some Nintendo Accounts.

"While there is no evidence that Nintendo's databases, servers or services were breached, and while we can confirm that no credit card information was compromised, we took precautionary measures to help safeguard our customers. We discontinued the ability to use a Nintendo Network ID to sign in to a Nintendo Account, and we reached out to all customers whose accounts we had reason to believe were accessed without authorisation to help them take additional steps to protect themselves.

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