Nintendo acknowledged a security breach in a statement yesterday, explaining that its U.S. servers came under cyber-fire a few weeks ago, but stressed that no personal user data was in breach. By comparison, Sony's seen troves of sensitive personal data repeatedly stolen (and reportedly distributed) as hackers took turns assaulting the electronics conglomerate's many corporate facets.[/size]The PlayStation Network went down April 20th and didn't fully return to life until last Wednesday, June 1st. And just last Friday, Sony was hacked again—specifically Sony Pictures, the company's TV and film production unit—by a group calling itself "LulzSec," as part of a campaign dubbed "Sownage." (Get it? Sony + Ownage?) LulzSec had previously claimed credit for recent attacks on PBS and FOX.com.
The same group's taking credit for the Nintendo hack, "Nintendo, we just got a config file and made it clear that we didn't mean any harm," while adding "Nintendo had already fixed it anyway." Nintendo's statement jibes with the hack group's claims. "The server contained no consumer information," said Nintendo in a press statement adding "The protection of our customer information is our utmost priority." Unlike prior attacks by hack group "Anonymous," which targeted Sony in retaliation for its lawsuit against PS3 root-key cracker George Hotz, LulzSec claims it's hacking for the greater good. "We love Nintendo and Sega, if anything we'd hack *for* them," LulzSec just this morning. "If you're listening Nintendo/Sega, you, you uh... you want Sony hacked more? Wild guess here: I'm pretty sure Nintendo/Sega don't.
So it wasn't malicious, but still...
Title: Re: Nintendo's U.S. Servers Hacked - No User Data Stolen
Post by: Chozo Ghost on June 07, 2011, 03:39:35 PM
So Lulzsec is Nintendo/Sega Fanboys? There's a good chance some of them may be registered on this site then.
Title: Re: Nintendo's U.S. Servers Hacked - No User Data Stolen
Post by: SixthAngel on June 07, 2011, 08:54:41 PM
So Lulzsec is Nintendo/Sega Fanboys? There's a good chance some of them may be registered on this site then.
NWR=Lulzsec
Seriously, I doubt they actually didn't try to get anything bad. I imagine they simply couldn't and put a good face on it.
Title: Re: Nintendo's U.S. Servers Hacked - No User Data Stolen
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 07, 2011, 09:00:46 PM
This has already been posted, but it probably deserves it's own thread http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=33485.msg676881#msg676881 (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=33485.msg676881#msg676881)
But you missed the part about how the day after Nintendo got hacked (and this is 100% speculation).... one of Nintendo Ninjas got one the hackers involved arrested. LulzSec hacker Arrested. PSN source code leaked. (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=33485.msg677551#msg677551) Well the only reason we are even hearing about this is because the guy probably turned himself in when he realized he fucked up... better to be in jail than forever missing I guess.
Title: Re: Nintendo's U.S. Servers Hacked - No User Data Stolen
Post by: Chozo Ghost on June 07, 2011, 10:00:53 PM
So Lulzsec is Nintendo/Sega Fanboys? There's a good chance some of them may be registered on this site then.
NWR=Lulzsec
Seriously, I doubt they actually didn't try to get anything bad. I imagine they simply couldn't and put a good face on it.
I can believe what they're saying, because they seem to be going after companies who they feel have done wrong. Sony has done wrong by pulling Other OS and suing Hotz for bringing it back, among other things. What has Nintendo ever done to piss hackers off and incur their wrath? Nothing that I'm aware of. They've actually done a favor by making Nintendo aware of vulnerabilities in its system. If they wanted to do harm I'm sure they could have and would have.
Title: Re: Nintendo's U.S. Servers Hacked - No User Data Stolen
Post by: Mop it up on June 09, 2011, 01:30:42 AM
The only good thing about Nintendo's basic online network is that they do not store personal information on the server's side.
