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Pokémon resets some users’ passwords after hacking attempts


A spokesperson said 0.1% of the accounts targeted by the hackers were actually compromised.

The alert about hacking attempts that The Pokemon Company posted on its official support website. To protect our customers we have reset some passwords which prompted the message,” said Daniel Benkwitt, a Pokemon Company spokesperson. For its part, the Pokemon Company does not allow its users to enable two-factor on their accounts, when TechCrunch checked.

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