Nintendo is reporting it was hacked two weeks ago with the loss of data it refuses to identify, but that it decided not to bother announcing this fact to customers because “as there was no actual harm, it was not a matter which we needed to announce.”
Reportedly hackers penetrated the official Nintendo of America site “two weeks ago,” resulting in unspecified data being leaked to unknown parties.
On the 5th of June Nintendo finally decided to announce the fact that it had been hacked, but refuses to offer any information on just what was taken, saying “we cannot explain the details of what data was leaked.”
It does however offer the tremendously reassuring assurance that “no personal information or important data was leaked.”
The hacked server itself was reportedly connected to its user account system, but did not itself house personal data; hackers posted config files from the server to prove it was compromised, whilst tauntingly saying they were Nintendo fans and wished them no ill will.
The vulnerability has since been closed, they say.
Nintendo’s assertion that “as there was no actual harm, it was not a matter which we needed to announce” and its failure to offer any actual details about the hack has already incited accusations that it is trying to cover up and suppress the incident in a way which makes even Sony look like a paragon of openness.
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“we cannot explain the details of what data was leaked.”
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We don't know.
Shitty Sankaku Journalism.
From PCMagazine.
"The bad news: A group of hackers have infiltrated a U.S. Nintendo server."
"The good news? Nintendo's breach seems to be completely controlled and even the hackers themselves are admitting that they didn't manage to pilfer anything good."
"Nintendo representatives announced today that the company was recently the target of an online attack. While worrisome that this attacked allegedly occurred a few weeks ago, and Nintendo's only now coming forward with the information, the silver lining to the entire ordeal is that the hackers didn't manage to escape with any useful information."
"The server contained no consumer information. The protection of our customer information is our utmost priority," said Nintendo of America, the U.S. branch of Nintendo, in an e-mailed statement to Reuters. "We constantly monitor our security."
"Although Lulzsec did post the results of its Nintendo break-in to Pastebin, the group admitted that its plunder was as minimal as it was unusable."
"Re: Nintendo, we just got a config file and made it clear that we didn't mean any harm. Nintendo had already fixed it anyway. <3 them," reads a note on Lulzsec's official Twitter page."
Good for Nintendo then.
And I'm surprised you even placed "Sankaku" and "journalism" is the same sentence...
Epic. Abusing the N is not a good idea from a writer.
Believe what you will - the Nintendo quotes in the article are from their Japanese statements, or at least the ones the Japanese press published.
Also the fact that your quote rather glosses over the fact that they apparently waited 2 weeks to announce they were hacked and apparently believes everything Nintendo's PR machine tells them rather undermines its credibility, not ours.
Full Retard??...Bitch went Helen Keller while she was with a cross-eyed Nun with a Bullwhip and bottle of Gin.
They don't store anything important on their consoles anyway.
save data maybe...?
well, at least they don't store the security codes for the DSi
on the wii, save data is everything. and i would not want to lose any.
hell yea
Videos of them masturbating to Princess Peach were stolen and of course there's no way they'll say it
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I was thinking the same thing since they specialized in computer programming. They probably got a super computer or something that are untraceable.
They obviously got bored of hacking Sony and wanted to get out of their comfort zone and add some variety.
Why don't they just hack Microsoft instead? it'll be more challenging right?
If no, that means my prejudice to Microsoft is more evident.
Sony = down
Nintendo = down
Microsoft = win?
Guess hacking Sony is child's play level now.
Time to move onto other networks.
considering Nintendo is for child gaming and shit like that...Nintendo is child's play.
First Sony, now Nintendo, hacking became a sport.
Sport of the year 2011:Hacking
LOL yeah, someone tried hacking Lockheed Martin too, failed though.
*orders Iranian built F35 online*
... or so they said
Wii Hack Resort
Sony is the bronze level. The Silver Cup Hacking is Nintendo server!
And stuff.
What's next Microsoft,EA,Activison?
@Anon:837305, @rebellion
Lockheed got hacked last year, while the attempt last April failed.
Also don't forget Boeing's stealth UAVs.
They're all using stolen Northrop IP.
I do say, it was no trifle at all for Nintendo to be hacked! A bit of rubbish off my cap, old bean!
china will reveal next gen console in 2012
i think
Lockheed got hacked... Northrop also got hacked several years ago...
Funny thing is that both companies made the stealth planes (Lockheed Martin created the F-117, F-22 and F-35 while Northrop created the B-2 bomber and the granddaddy of American stealth plane, the YB-35 bomber and YB-49 bomber)...
And China reveals their Chengdu J-20 last January, seems pretty suspicious right?
Should go join in 1
Olympics. You'll see it.
In the Olympics they use steroids and other augmenting chemicals, I wonder what hackers will use.... cybernetics implants? Like in the Matrix?
Will keyboard throwing be in the olympics?
you forgot square enix
i wonder if xbox live will be hacked :O
It has been : |
So one of the most important matters in the G8 summit was internet regulation, and days later everyone gets fucking hacked and LulzSec launches a challenge to the FBI.
False flag attacks i say, to have an excuse to put a leash on the internet.
That is stuff that should be opposed you rather deal with hackers then big brother heck you'd rather deal with living with a family of honey badgers then laws like that.
As we know Nintendo and Sony have a long standing rivalry - As such, they merely couldn't take seeing Sony being the only ones to grab attention.
This was all a clever plan by Nintendo not to be outdone by Sony in terms of embarrassment. Its obvious. You know it.
yes my friend you have seen the light
lol funny that or maybe Sony has blamed Nintendo for the hacks and decided to get revenge.
I remember a few years back play a game where the world was ruled by multinational corporations and you were a mercenary working for a company and you flew a fighter plane and attacked the other companies assets.
List of companies to hack in 2011:
Sony - done
Microsoft - in progress
Nintendo - done
What about apple?
I don't think Apple's iPad counts as a console
The iPad lacks proper controls and thus is not a console in my book.
Since he said list of companies, and not consoles shira you are sorta off base there. Besides that, the iPad has been hacked for ages, jailbreak. I mean honestly. Does no one read what they are replying to?
@Lonesnipa,k...don't wanna quarrel and stuff,so sure whatever you say
Mediocre games.
It's still an overpriced electronic product that can run games.
I here you on a overpriced product pretty 50% of what you pay is for the product and the other 50% is because it's a Apple.
Apple is not worth hacking.
What do you mean "In Progress"?? I have expect Xbox360 to 'Hack themselves' after the crap-ass performance the Kinnect made last year.
Maybe people thought Xbox wasn't worth Hacking? Who kicks a substandard vending machine for luke-warm soda anyway?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Microsoft gets hacked alarmingly often. Its security is comparable to a piece of Swiss Cheese.
And what's your source? I presume your ass.
lol I bet your only source is Sankaku. I presume you're an ass
I still don't see any sources so you're proving that you're full of shit.Have a nice day.