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.
Well, at least the hackers didn’t damaged the system, unlike Sony’s Playstation Network hacking scare.
Microsoft Next~ !! ;D
To be honest, at this point the hacking incidents seem staged. So that there will be harsher internet control regulations. The EU, the USA and Asia. They are all gunning for new fascist laws. Especially the EU. Have you people ever read the EU constitution. There’s hardly anything more anti-democratic than that.
You know what’s funny?
You can tell that most of you have never been on a current Nintendo console to buy something.
The only user data that they have would be configuration stuff for what you’ve specifically downloaded. They don’t store the emails and credit card info of their users.
At the very worst, the the hackers could delete your proof of purchase with you games and delete your Club Nintendo account.
Seriously, all these companies need to face it. Whether it’s Playstation, Nintendo or Microsoft, they probably get hacked on a weekly basis and just don’t tell anyone about it unless it has significant damage. Not to be a worry wort, but it doesn’t mean it has to extend to video games, it can be cell phones, Ipods, etc.
The moral for today: Nothing is safe, Nothing.