Nintendo confirmed what many suspected, 160,000 Nintendo accounts were accessed by third parties.
Nintendo recently advised consumers to start using two-factor authentication and at the same time reports had started coming in via social media that users accounts had been compromised.
Nintendo Network ID
Nintendo has said that these accounts were accessed via Nintendo Network IDs. The company has now disabled logging in to a Nintendo Account via Nintendo Network ID and has emailed those affected to ask them to change their password.
Japanese Nintendo says that things such as nickname, date of birth, country / region, email address, and gender could all be affected. However, Nintendo says credit card information remains unaffected.
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