Nintendo announced that about 160,000 'Nintendo Network ID' was damaged by unauthorized login, users who are using online services from the Wii U / Nintendo 3DS era are careful
Nintendo announced that an unauthorized login was being made to ' Nintendo Network ID ' from the beginning of April 2020. According to Nintendo, the login ID and password used for illegal login are 'Illegally obtained from somewhere other than our service', and the number of accounts that may have been damaged is 'about 160,000' .
Report of unauthorized login to 'Nintendo Network ID' and request for safe use of 'Nintendo Account' ｜ Support Information ｜ Nintendo
You need a Nintendo account to use Nintendo Switch, which is Nintendo's game console, and My Nintendo Store , the official online store. Users who started using Nintendo's online service from Nintendo Switch often create this Nintendo account, but users who were using Nintendo's online service on game machines such as Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, There should be many cases using ' Nintendo Network ID '.
Since the Nintendo account can be linked with the Nintendo Network ID, there are many users who are using various services of Nintendo Switch with the Nintendo Network ID without recreating the Nintendo account newly, and this unauthorized login is such a user. It seems to be the targeted attack.
In addition, as of April 21, 2020, several overseas media reported that 'unauthorized login damage was reported in Ninendo account'.
Nintendo Switch's indispensable `` Nintendo account '' has been followed by unauthorized login damage, Nintendo officially recommends enabling two-step verification-GIGAZINE
The number of Nintendo Network ID accounts that may have been compromised by unauthorized login is about 160,000, and the information that may have been viewed by a third party is nickname, date of birth, country / region, etc. It seems to be an email address. In addition, if your Nintendo Network ID and Nintendo Account are linked, it is possible that a third party has also viewed your name, date of birth, gender, country / region, and email address registered in your Nintendo Account. .
Nintendo, which detected unauthorized login, abolished the function to log in to the Nintendo account via the Nintendo Network ID as of April 24, 2020. Also, for Nintendo Network IDs and Nintendo accounts that may have been illegally logged in, the password will be reset sequentially.
At the time of article creation, the login method via the Nintendo Network ID disappeared on the login screen of the Nintendo account.
In addition, Nintendo recommends that users notify their Nintendo Network ID or Nintendo Account whose password has been reset by email, and reset the password the next time they use it. In addition, we urge you to avoid reusing passwords, saying 'Please do not reuse passwords already used for other services.'
In addition, we will notify users who have logged in to their Nintendo Account via their Nintendo Network ID, 'Please log in with your Nintendo Account email address / login ID after your next login.'
When I confirmed the email address registered by the GIGAZINE editorial staff who was logged in to the Nintendo account via the Nintendo Network ID, I did not receive an email from Nintendo notifying me of unauthorized login because I did not reuse the password. However, you cannot log in to your Nintendo account with your Nintendo Network ID account information. Since the registered account information was in good health, I was able to log in to the Nintendo account without any problems by performing the password change procedure from 'Forgot password'
In addition, Nintendo warns against using the same password as your Nintendo Network ID when resetting your Nintendo account password. If you use the same password, there is a risk that the balance and registered credit cards and PayPal may be illegally used at My Nintendo Store or Nintendo eShop.
And if there is a purchase history that you do not remember in the user's Nintendo account related to unauthorized login, 'We will conduct an individual investigation and respond to cancellation of purchase etc.' That. Regarding the measures against illegal purchase, 'Please wait, we will proceed with the procedure one by one'.
Nintendo recommends using two-step verification to prevent unauthorized login.
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