Hackers Attack Nintendo, But Company Claims Data Safe

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."

Still...

[Nrrqshrr]

This is more humilating to Sony than to Nintendo.

Nintendo will get away with it unharmed, they have actually proven that people's data is "secure".
Sony on the other hand....

Brick Nintendo?

[jdb2]

I wonder if this has anything to do with the FSF's "Brick Nintendo" [defectivebydesign.org] campaign [defectivebydesign.org]. Perhaps the hacker in question was trying to further the FSF's efforts with regard to bringing attention to the super-draconian TOS of the 3DS, but in the wrong way of course. Since this is not "Anonymous" it makes me think that the answer to the former hypothesis is "no" and this is just another immature teenager up to stupid sh*t.

Oh, BTW, have you bought and sent your bricks [defectivebydesign.org] yet?

jdb2

Re:Data is safe because...

[trytoguess]

I saw the alleged "anti freedom propaganda." The worst thing you could say about that Frontline episode is that they asked hard questions, and didn't portray the people in the episode as automatic heroes. What propaganda was in that show exactly?

Re:Their princess was in another castle.

[MagusSlurpy]

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

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

Re:Data is safe because...

[Omestes]

Assange is a hero and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying, pure and simple.

No, he's a dick that had a nice idea. He's still and asshole though. If anyone is a hero in the whole story it would be Manning.

Though, I agree, the Frontline special was a bit moronic. I really doubt that Manning turned leaker only because he was a "troubled gay" like they portrayed. I find it amusing that neither Frontline or Assange actually tried to discus any plausible motive that he had to leak that information.

I'm not sure what your other beef with PBS is... It is leagues better than the networks for quality reporting. Not perfect, but media never has been.
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