Nintendo Switch Online Hack: Company Confirms Huge Breach of Players Details
Nintendo have confirmed a huge hack that allowed access to 160,000 people's accounts on its online services.
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Nintendo have confirmed a huge hack that allowed access to 160,000 people's accounts on its online services.
There have been over 9,000 reports to Action Fraud so far in April.
Attackers using 'fear and financial incentives' to lure people into malicious messages.
New rules on the hugely popular TikTok app mean under-16s will no longer be allowed to send or receive direct messages.
Email addresses and associated passwords sold for less than a penny on hacker forums.
In this month's edition, we're raising awareness of Coronavirus scams, false NHS and London City Police scam messages!
Hacking rumours are a reminder to be careful about passwords and other personal data.
Stop telling people you're in the house, and stop being bombarded by messages that other people are, too.
Action Fraud issue a warning of an extremely sophisticated Smishing scam claiming that a payment hasn't been taken eg o2, EE (ETC)
Facebook has said that a software issue was responsible for posts on topics including coronavirus being wrongly marked as spam.
Internet companies must do more to tackle "an explosion" in images of child sex abuse on their platforms, a UK-held inquiry has concluded.
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