There's have been reports of suspicious attempted login for Nintendo Switch owners and some purchases of Fortnite V-bucks without authorisation.
Nintendo recommends removing payment details (PayPal and credit cards) and enable two-factor authorisation.
Also it is recommended to check your login history to see if any unauthorised logins have been made.
Does seem to be a wider issue, but no strange logins on my account.
Interesting that it seems to be Russian and Indian logins.
Yep. My account was breached late last month. Multiple logins one morning from Chile and the US. They were then able to link my account to their switch and purchased $150 worth of V bucks. Paypal basically told me bad luck but Nintendo were quick to refund the amount back to me after I contacted them.
I'd definitely recommend removing any linked credit cards or PayPal accounts and enabling 2fa.
Can those V bucks be onsold online?
Thanks for the heads up!
TO REMOVE CC AND PAYPAL, TO GO Shop Menu
Should also note you can use Authy for the 2FA code
you do not need to use the Google one that Nintendo tells you to download
If it's a normal Google Authenticator code this will also work in 1Password
Yeah I clicked the link it created and it opened in my Microsoft Authenticator , works just the same.
Mine was hacked last week too, the person bought $200 worth of Fortnite cards. Nintendo actually alerted me, and refunded me the money pretty quickly
I read on reddit the hacks might be coming via old NNID some how.
https://old.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/g63glk/lega…
I have an old NNID, didn’t affect me
They say no databases or servers were comromised but personal data like birth dates and passwords/hash was stolen. I wonder if Nintendo accidentally let old URLs or IPs lapse?
I've checked mine and no suspicious logins were made but I thought I'd warn everyone here especially those with multiple accounts across several regions