Japanese manufacturer of hand-held video game players Nintendo has revealed that the security of one of its servers was breached by hackers on 16 May. However, the company added that consumer information was safe.
Nintendo said a security breach by the same group that targeted Sony in April did not result in stolen data of its customers. The vulnerability has been fixed, added the company.
The US unit of Nintendo told Bloomberg that the hack attack on 16 May caused "a server configuration issue that we investigated and resolved a few weeks ago."
"The server contained no consumer information."
Meanwhile, the hacker group LulzSec, which has claimed responsibility for recent data breaches at PSB and Sony Pictures, has also hinted that it was behind the hack attack of Nintendo.
The group wrote on Twitter, "We’re not targeting Nintendo. We like the N64 too much — we sincerely hope Nintendo plugs the gap."
The Wall Street Journal reported that LulzSec had posted a "server configuration file" on the Internet from a Nintendo server.
Last week, LulzSec had said that it had breached Sony Pictures website to exploit a "primitive" and "insecure" database.
However, Nintendo spokesman Ken Toyoda has refused to comment on LulzSec’s claims or on the company’s response.
"There has been no significant damage to Nintendo or to our customers," Toyoda said.
