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Following reports of security breaches and Nintendo's own investigation, the gaming giant just confirmed that some 160 000 Nintendo Accounts have been targeted by hackers. These accounts were tied to Nintendo Network ID (NNID) logins, used on the 3DS and WiiU consoles. As a result, Nintendo is discontinuing the ability to use NNID to sign in to a Nintendo Account, resetting the passwords for those affected and is recommending two-step verification to prevent future breaches.

The hackers had access to private data such as nicknames, email addresses and dates of birth, and could also make digital purchases with linked PayPal accounts. However, Nintendo confirmed that despite purchases being made, credit card data was not accessed.

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thats one more reason why you NEVER should allow any shop to save your payment details if you have the option to say no.
Even if you can get the money back you can avoid the whole hassle due it in that way.
 
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Sega Does What Nintendon't
1. Puts Memes in Games
2. AFAIK does not have a account based platform that is easy hackable
3. Does not care about Piracy and Fan-games/romhacks as Nintendo does

To Keep it short: I think that the online service from Nintendo isnt the best and there is room for improvement
Like:
NO APP FOR Voicechat
Give the option to disconnect your Nintendo account/ Nintendo Network ID from 3DS/Wii-U/Switch even if you don't have access to the device ANYMORE.
 
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IceyyColdSnipez said:
Sega Does What Nintendon't
1. Puts Memes in Games
2. AFAIK does not have a account based platform that is easy hackable
3. Does not care about Piracy and Fan-games/romhacks as Nintendo does

To Keep it short: I think that the online service from Nintendo isnt the best and there is room for improvement
Like:
NO APP FOR Voicechat
Give the option to disconnect your Nintendo account/ Nintendo Network ID from 3DS/Wii-U/Switch even if you don't have access to the device ANYMORE.
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SEGA games are great, however:
  1. They're not in the console business anymore.
  2. Sonic is really the only game series that people know SEGA develops.
  3. SEGA continues to have financial issues.
Also, the Nintendo Switch Online app for iOS/Android devices allows voice chat. As for the last part, Nintendo figures "Why do they need to?"

But you're right. There is room for improvement, and I think we should leave them feedback on it.
 
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HarvHouHacker said:
Also, the Nintendo Switch Online app for iOS/Android devices allows voice chat.
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in about ONE game and that's it! it's pathetic not even worth downloading. also who wants to use a fucking app to voice chat! NO ONE! when it comes to online and security nintendo are ALWAYS 5 steps behind!
 
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HarvHouHacker said:
SEGA games are great, however:
  1. They're not in the console business anymore.
  2. Sonic is really the only game series that people know SEGA develops.
  3. SEGA continues to have financial issues.
Also, the Nintendo Switch Online app for iOS/Android devices allows voice chat. As for the last part, Nintendo figures "Why do they need to?"

But you're right. There is room for improvement, and I think we should leave them feedback on it.
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Yeah I guess we both have a point
 
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King_Mayro said:
Crazy how Nintendo lets it happen and is like, Oops, your data was stolen, Oh well, deal with it.
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It looks most likely it was a credential stuffing attack, judging by this update... attackers will have got the username/email and passwords but nothing else. Now NNID login is disabled on Switch it's a case of simply resetting your password.. and of course enabling 2-step verification for those that haven't yet.
Nintendo will still be investigating this of course, maybe cut them a BIT of slack until they're finished, though I do agree a quick apology statement should've been thrown up already for the affected users, rather than these almost 'serves u right for not having 2-step' comments.
 
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DANTENDO said:
You say sega don't care about piracy lol go email them and tel em I luv sonic games I've played every one of them even 06 but I've never paid for any of them - let us kno ther reply
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That is not what i meant to say.
I mean when Nintendo sees a Rom or Romsite or something of their IPs, They Almost instantly Dmca that site. While Almost ever rom site that is still in the air (AOTW) Has Almost Every (SEGA) Rom Sill there for download. while the same rom sites don't have Nintendo roms on their Site. Because of Nintendo DMCAing the whole Site Down.
 
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Bladexdsl said:
in about ONE game and that's it! it's pathetic not even worth downloading. also who wants to use a fucking app to voice chat! NO ONE! when it comes to online and security nintendo are ALWAYS 5 steps behind!
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One game? MK8D, SSBU, ACNH, and Stardew Valley all support it, the only online game that i have that doesn't support it is Tetris 99 (imagine that) and maybe UNO, which I haven't tried.
 
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Users who don't like Nintendo or children who can't buy games have suspicion about Nintendo's security and Nintendo's mistakes. However, according to an official announcement from Nintendo (Japan), the ID password used outside the Nintendo service was leaked. This is bad for users who use their Nintendo Network ID and password in the same combination as other services.

nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2020/0424.html

This did not happen if I used a secure password generator per account. And it's pointless to complain to Nintendo. The user is the reason why the NNID login function is not available.

Nintendo is currently investigating the source of account leakage, but most of the accounts leaked in modern times are due to reuse of ID / password.
 
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Foxi4 said:
The Switch's security was defeated with a paperclip - a nice callback to the Wii's security being defeated with a pair of tweezers. I don't think this kind of posturing is a good look considering all of Nintendo's consoles have been pwned shortly after their release.
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If I recall correctly, the only reason the Switch was hacked so quickly is because Nvidia fucked up, not Nintendo. I recall the ReSwitch team saying that the Switch securities are actually top notch.
 
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My account got hacked last month, they spent 130€ of my money in my Nintendo account and used 100 of it to bought some shity vbuck...

fortunately my bank refund me those 130€, but there's still 30€ on my Nintendo account

Should I used those or not ? It's been one month and there still here so I don't know...
 

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