Nintendo accounts are getting hijacked

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 Let our staffer's woes be a reminder: change passwords, enable 2FA ASAP.

Throughout the month of April, and particularly this weekend, users of online Nintendo accounts on devices like the Switch have reported receiving email notices that their accounts have been accessed by outside parties. 
Our ability to verify these claims was bolstered by an unfortunate intrusion on Monday: the hijacking of an Ars Technica staffer's account.

Roughly one hour before this article's publication, Reviews Editor Ron Amadeo received a plain-text email notice from Nintendo, titled simply, "[Nintendo Account] New Sign-In." 

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