It’s one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, but Nintendo has today admitted that 160,000 accounts may have been hacked.
The issue appears to be with the firm’s Nintendo Network ID (NNID) login system, and could have allowed hackers to access personal details, including your nickname, date of birth, country / region, and email address.
Nintendo explained: “This time, using a login ID and password information obtained illegally by some means other than our service, a phenomenon that seems to have been made by impersonating the ‘Nintendo Network ID’ from around the beginning of April. We have confirmed that it is occurring.
“We also confirmed that there was an illegal login to some ‘Nintendo accounts’ via NNID using this impersonation login.”
This week, several users have taken to Twitter to report fraudulent purchases on their account.
One user tweeted: “Someone hacked my PayPal and spent $200 on Nintendo games?!”
Another wrote: “Got $200 stolen and the hacker bought Fortnite V-Bucks. Nintendo and PayPal were entirely unhelpful and I had to call my bank to dispute the charges.”
And one added: “Awesome. Someone managed to hack my Nintendo Switch account and add vbucks to their Epic Account and it’s been less than a week. Here’s hoping Paypal refunds the $300 I’m now missing…”
Based on the findings, Nintendo is resetting the passwords for affected accounts, and is disabling the ability to log into a main Nintendo Account through a NNID.
It added: “We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused and concern to our customers and related parties. In the future, we will make further efforts to strengthen security and ensure safety so that similar events do not occur.”
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How to find out if your account was hacked
If your account was one of the 160,000 that may have been hacked, Nintendo will notify you via email.
You’ll be prompted to reset your password, and urged to set up two-factor authentication to prevent such a breach from happening again.
Nintendo added: “If damage such as purchase history that you do not know is found in your Nintendo account related to this unauthorised login, conduct an individual investigation and then cancel the purchase etc.
“We will respond. Please wait as we will proceed with the procedure in sequence.”
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