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Hackers Attack Nintendo, But Company Claims Data Safe

Posted by timothy on from the 15-minutes-of-fame dept.

Dr Herbert West writes with this from the Wall Street Journal: "Nintendo said Sunday that a server for its US unit's website had been hacked into but that no company or customer information was compromised. The hacker group Lulzsec, which allegedly was behind other breaches of Sony websites earlier this week, claimed responsibility. Lulzsec posted a server configuration file as proof of its involvement yet said it wasn't targeting Nintendo. 'We just got a config file and made it clear that we didn't mean any harm,' the group said this morning via its Twitter.' Nintendo had already fixed it anyway. The attack comes as Nintendo this week launches its new online service for its 3DS hand-held game machine."

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  1. Data is safe because... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The data is safe because they make you put in your CC info every time you make a purchase, instead of storing the data. This is something that people whine about and say Nintendo is being too cautious about every time they talk about the Wii Shop Channel. Still whining, trolls?

    Also, if LulzSec doesn't get taken out soon, I'm fucking gonna find one of them and shit on their head. This is getting ridiculous.

    1. Re:Data is safe because... by artor3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Attacking PBS is altruistic? Is Big Bird really that much of a dick?

    2. Re:Data is safe because... by node+3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This whole thread is so full of troll...

      "The data is safe because Nintendo doesn't provide the same level of service as Sony", is somehow turned into "the data is safe because Sony is a bad company and Nintendo is good".

      One of the really funny things about defending the way Nintendo does it is that if you buy a new console, you can't even redownload your purchases. With Sony, you just log in with your PSN ID, and download away! Isn't that usually the argument against online purchases? That you have to re-buy everything? Yet since Sony is the one doing it right, you guys find no trouble contorting yourself to make it look like it's the other way around.

      And this is clearly an attempt by LulzSec to make Nintendo look good and Sony look bad, by the very same double-standard. They say they didn't want to hurt Nintendo. But they clearly wanted to hurt Sony. So they tried to hurt Sony, but didn't try to hurt Nintendo, but the headline reads as though Nintendo was hacked, but their security kept customer data safe, when reality is that there was no customer data to steal, and LulzSec didn't seem interested in doing any damage other than to prove they were there.

      As a company, I like Nintendo much more than Sony, but I'm not going to let that get in the way of reality. In terms of online offerings and capabilities, Sony is way ahead of Nintendo. Spinning this as a good thing is just absurd.

  2. sure you did. by ubergamer1337 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We just got a config file and made it clear that we didn't mean any harm" - AKA they were unable to get to any meaty stuff, and now claim altruism rather than failure.

  3. Their princess was in another castle. by Oxford_Comma_Lover · · Score: 5, Funny

    > I can't think of anything Nintendo has ever done to justify this.

    LulzSec was mad because their princess was in another castle.

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    1. Re:Their princess was in another castle. by MagusSlurpy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      ... or because you can't backup licenses in Mario Kart Wii.

      FYI, you can copy your data to an SD card, and then just remove the card.

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