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blurb=A week after Nintendo USA announced that one of their servers had been breached, a notice has gone up on the company's European website informing visitors that they are investigating a possible | blurb=A week after Nintendo USA announced that one of their servers had been breached, a notice has gone up on the company's European website informing visitors that they are investigating a possible "phishing" threat. However, the company stresses that no personal information was obtained. }} | ||
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[[File:Nintendo EU Hack.png|thumb|Nintendo of Europe's message, informing visitors]] | [[File:Nintendo EU Hack.png|thumb|Nintendo of Europe's message, informing visitors]] | ||
A week after Nintendo USA [[Nintendo suffers hack attack|announced]] that one of their servers had been breached, a notice has gone up on the company's European website, informing visitors that they are investigating a possible | A week after Nintendo USA [[Nintendo suffers hack attack|announced]] that one of their servers had been breached, a notice has gone up on the company's European website, informing visitors that they are investigating a possible "phishing" threat. The full message reads: | ||
{{quote|We have learnt of a possible phishing threat to users of the European Nintendo website which we are currently investigating. The protection of our customers is our utmost priority and so we have taken the precaution of immediately shutting down some parts of this website until further notice. We would like to reassure you that we do not hold our customer’s bank, credit card or address details on the European Nintendo website and so this data is not at risk. | {{quote|We have learnt of a possible phishing threat to users of the European Nintendo website which we are currently investigating. The protection of our customers is our utmost priority and so we have taken the precaution of immediately shutting down some parts of this website until further notice. We would like to reassure you that we do not hold our customer’s bank, credit card or address details on the European Nintendo website and so this data is not at risk. | ||
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It is currently unknown if the hacker group {{wp|LulzSec}}, who claimed responsibility for the breach of Nintendo USA's servers, among other high profile attacks, are behind this particular event. | It is currently unknown if the hacker group {{wp|LulzSec}}, who claimed responsibility for the breach of Nintendo USA's servers, among other high profile attacks, are behind this particular event. | ||
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*[http://www.nintendo.co.uk/ Nintendo UK] | * [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/ Nintendo UK] | ||