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Nintendo Cyberattack: 300 Domains Affected by Website Defacement

Calendar Feb 26, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Hackers defaced Nintendo's European website and nine of its German sites on Sunday as part of an attack that gained access to 300 websites with either German or top level domain extensions. Hackers defaced Nintendo's European website and nine of its German sites on Sunday as part of an attack that gained access to 300 websites with either German or top level domain extensions.

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