TOKYO - Nintendo announced that Club Nintendo service has just been hacked by a group of unidentified hackers. This Japanese game console manufacturers advise that everyone who have an account at the club should change their passwords.
It said that between June 9 until today, there have been efforts by 23 thousand times the log-in is not valid. Nintendo suspect this is part of the hacker group effort in hacking the site, as reported by Softpedia, Friday (05/07/2013).
Although the Club Nintendo does not store information such as credit card numbers, but hackers can get basic information such as name, address, data, e-mail and telephone number of the majority of users.
Apparently, not only Nintendo hacker who targeted group. Ubisoft also recently came under attack on Uplay service. Just like Nintendo, it is also advised users to change their account passwords for security.
Up to now there is no clarity whether Nintendo has plans to compensate the player associated with the hacking incident.
As information from Wikipedia, Club Nintendo is a customer loyalty program offered by Nintendo. This program provides a reward as feedback to the loyalty of consumers who have bought the official Nintendo product.
It said that between June 9 until today, there have been efforts by 23 thousand times the log-in is not valid. Nintendo suspect this is part of the hacker group effort in hacking the site, as reported by Softpedia, Friday (05/07/2013).
Although the Club Nintendo does not store information such as credit card numbers, but hackers can get basic information such as name, address, data, e-mail and telephone number of the majority of users.
Apparently, not only Nintendo hacker who targeted group. Ubisoft also recently came under attack on Uplay service. Just like Nintendo, it is also advised users to change their account passwords for security.
Up to now there is no clarity whether Nintendo has plans to compensate the player associated with the hacking incident.
As information from Wikipedia, Club Nintendo is a customer loyalty program offered by Nintendo. This program provides a reward as feedback to the loyalty of consumers who have bought the official Nintendo product.
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