Club Nintendo Japan hacked

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Japan's Club Nintendo service was hacked following thousands of unauthorized accesses across the last month. Nintendo announced that an internal investigation confirmed just under 24,000 illegitimate logins between June 9 and July 4, from over 15 million attempts.

As translated by Kotaku, Nintendo said customer information compromised in the attack includes full names, phone numbers, and home and email addresses. Happily, the service doesn't hold credit card information. Kotaku notes the attack is apparently limited to Japan's Club Nintendo, and other countries don't seem to be affected.

Unsurprisingly, Nintendo is strengthening Club Nintendo's security as a result, starting off with making users' old passwords invalid and requiring them to make new ones.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/05/club-nintendo-japan-hacked/

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TaigaAisakaPosted:

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ShadowBoltDashie
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Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
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Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


GameCube, SNES, N64? Can't forget those. Nintendo Gameboy wasn't that bad either, I know they made the DS to replace that but still the Gameboy was pretty good in it's time before the first DS.


I think that the gamebody is still a great console. I still pull out my GameCube once in a while to play also, some of my favorite games are on that console. Nintendo has defiantly created many good consoles outside of the Wii and DS


The gamecube is a pretty good console. Super Smash Bros Melee :)


I played that game so much on the GameCube, that and Paper Mario: TTYD, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Mario Kart: Double Dash.


i played super mario sunshine on the GameCube :)


I got bored with that after beating it. The only problem I had with that game is collecting the red coins on the flying sand bird level .-. Never in my life have I thought a Mario level could be so hard xD

RuinsPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
M60
Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
RATF
Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


GameCube, SNES, N64? Can't forget those. Nintendo Gameboy wasn't that bad either, I know they made the DS to replace that but still the Gameboy was pretty good in it's time before the first DS.


I think that the gamebody is still a great console. I still pull out my GameCube once in a while to play also, some of my favorite games are on that console. Nintendo has defiantly created many good consoles outside of the Wii and DS


The gamecube is a pretty good console. Super Smash Bros Melee :)


I played that game so much on the GameCube, that and Paper Mario: TTYD, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Mario Kart: Double Dash.


i played super mario sunshine on the GameCube :)

TaigaAisakaPosted:

M60
Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
RATF
Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


GameCube, SNES, N64? Can't forget those. Nintendo Gameboy wasn't that bad either, I know they made the DS to replace that but still the Gameboy was pretty good in it's time before the first DS.


I think that the gamebody is still a great console. I still pull out my GameCube once in a while to play also, some of my favorite games are on that console. Nintendo has defiantly created many good consoles outside of the Wii and DS


The gamecube is a pretty good console. Super Smash Bros Melee :)


I played that game so much on the GameCube, that and Paper Mario: TTYD, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Mario Kart: Double Dash.

AppzePosted:

Leap
TFM Haha this is hilarious.


Why would this be "hilarious"?


hes spamming

LeapPosted:

TFM Haha this is hilarious.


Why would this be "hilarious"?

IlIuminatiPosted:

Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
RATF
Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


GameCube, SNES, N64? Can't forget those. Nintendo Gameboy wasn't that bad either, I know they made the DS to replace that but still the Gameboy was pretty good in it's time before the first DS.


I think that the gamebody is still a great console. I still pull out my GameCube once in a while to play also, some of my favorite games are on that console. Nintendo has defiantly created many good consoles outside of the Wii and DS


The gamecube is a pretty good console. Super Smash Bros Melee :)

KatsumiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
RATF
Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


GameCube, SNES, N64? Can't forget those. Nintendo Gameboy wasn't that bad either, I know they made the DS to replace that but still the Gameboy was pretty good in it's time before the first DS.


I think that the gamebody is still a great console. I still pull out my GameCube once in a while to play also, some of my favorite games are on that console. Nintendo has defiantly created many good consoles outside of the Wii and DS

TaigaAisakaPosted:

RATF
Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


GameCube, SNES, N64? Can't forget those. Nintendo Gameboy wasn't that bad either, I know they made the DS to replace that but still the Gameboy was pretty good in it's time before the first DS.

KatsumiPosted:

Monster-Munch Lol it was just Japan.


Nintendo has a pretty big fan base in Japan also.

KatsumiPosted:

RATF
Zuki Nintendo has had its day anyway.


the only good consoles Nintendo created was the Wii and the DS.


Nintendo has the 3DS which is going pretty well at the moment, The Gameboy Color - Advance SP also went pretty well in the market considering that a lot less people where into video games back then. Then we have the Nintendo 64 that was a great console for the time that it was made. I think Nintendo have had a lot of success outside of the Wii and DS


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