"Nintendo Now Says 300,000 Accounts Breached by Hackers"

The hack faced by the Japanese gaming giant Nintendo in April compromised more accounts than initially discovered. Nintendo originally admitted that hackers breached 160,000 Nintendo accounts, which exposed personal information about account owners, such as their names, birth dates, and countries of residence. However, the company released an updated statement, stating that another 140,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised. The increase in reported breached accounts is due to the ongoing investigation conducted by Nintendo. This article continues to discuss the increased number of breached Nintendo accounts, the company's initial response to the breach, and the possible abuse of weak or reused passwords by hackers to compromise Nintendo accounts. 

TechCrunch reports "Nintendo Now Says 300,000 Accounts Breached by Hackers"