In April of this year Nintendo shamefully admitted 160.000 Nintendo Networks where hacked after a data breach. Now Nintendo has admitted that the damage was actually way bigger than they first admitted, almost twice that big even.
Security firm SpyCloud announced in the end of April that the hack was a result of crimeware as well as previously stolen data to identify accounts with vulnerable logins. This sort of hack works by rapidly skimming through the accounts in combination with old hacked data. If a match is found the software will test the old password to see if it still works. Needless to say on tens of millions of accounts there will indeed be some matches.
After more research Nintendo found that an additional 140.000 accounts got their vulnerable data stolen. This brings the total of hacked accounts up to 300.000. Though Nintendo stated that less than 1% of accounts involved where actually the victim of fraudulent purchases, it's needless to say many players have some big concerns in regards to their privacy protection.
Nintendo stated that they have implemented new security measurements and reset the passwords of all accounts involved. Further will everyone that was the victim of fraudulent purchases get a refund. Whether this is enough to gain trust with the public is to be seen.
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