{"id":1545,"date":"2020-04-25T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cisobyte.com\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2020-04-29T22:11:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T22:11:04","slug":"160000-nintendo-network-id-accounts-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cisobyte.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/25\/160000-nintendo-network-id-accounts-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"160,000 Nintendo Network ID accounts hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>CISObyte\u00a0 \u00a0 04-25-2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>While the coronavirus has left many out of work, this does not make the world any less safe from internet threats.<\/h4>\n<h2>You should expect that you will get hacked, and be prepared for when you do.<\/h2>\n<p>Make sure that you enable multi-factor authentication where available and that you use strong passwords for your personal and gaming accounts. Use different passwords for each account, rotate them every few months just like you do at work, and store them in a password management application that encrypts them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MFA<\/li>\n<li>Password Rotation<\/li>\n<li>Encryption<\/li>\n<li>Password Management System<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-template-default \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/nintendo-switch-hack\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Wired.com - Nintendo Confirms Some 160,000 Accounts Might\u2019ve Been Hacked\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-image-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-image\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/5ea358de4e08ae0008803be1\/191:100\/w_1280,c_limit\/Cul-nintendoswitch-LZBOTW_TVC_2.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 600px; max-height: 600px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-text-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-title\">\n\t\t\tWired.com - Nintendo Confirms Some 160,000 Accounts Might\u2019ve Been Hacked\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vlp-link-summary\">\n\t\t\tTo counteract the hacking attempt, the company is temporarily disabling users\u2019 ability to access their accounts through the Nintendo Network ID system.\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should expect that you will get hacked, and be prepared for when you 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