An American gamer claiming accidental access to have got to the admin panel of MiiVerse, the social network that the new Nintendo console Wii U is linked. The sales of the Wii U went Sunday to start in the United States.
The gamer writes on NeoGaf that he has been given access to the admin panel when he was in MiiVerse at any time on the ‘X’button pressed. Then he was asked to login, because the login data would not be correct. When he then press another button pressed, he was to a debugmenu sent.
There he could include messages from other users and from a developer’s view, and he could not normally reach subforums. There were users with names like ‘Brad Pitt’, ‘Tom Cruise’ and ‘John Lennon’; what likely names of test users. One of the messages that the user could access, points out that on 10 december the ‘big titles’ for the Wii U come out.
Further, the user administrator new passwords give and he could take them even to delete. Nintendo has the vulnerability in MiiVerse not yet confirmed or denied, but the problem would be a few hours after discovery have already solved.
Nintendo denies through spokeswoman Bianca Stirnweis-van Dort that there is private information were accessible it would be to go to a ‘mockup-menu’ where ‘a number of persons’ access to would have had. Now, the menu is removed.
The alleged problem came to light on the day of the Us launch: Sunday, sales of the Wii U launch in the US. The console is mixed: critics are speaking about the supplied tablet, which is used in games, but the finish of the device and the limited battery life of the tablet come with Nintendo criticism.
Update, 12:32: According to spokeswoman Bianca Stirnweis-van Dort is going to be a ‘mockup-menu’ where ‘a number of persons’ access to would have had. The mockup menu has been removed. This information is added to the article.