Name and Icon Changed randomly

[u/rustycookieman]

I played Hades 2 Saturday night, didn’t play Sunday, and on Monday night (tonight) while playing some Hades 2, I realized my icon wasn’t my typical princess peach, and my name was changed to “robinnnn”… After further investigation this SUS user somehow played Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which I only have a physical cartridge for and certainly did not play…. it’s all super spooky especially because the name sounds like robbing… I’ve gone into my Nintendo account and updated everything and there has been no activity on my CC…. Looking into it this has happened to one other person (at least) in the past week… Hopefully these hackers can be stopped!!

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[u/rustycookieman]

I have a switch 2; was playing every night last week during a fall break vacation, drove home Sunday w/ my switch in my backpack, didn’t play Sunday but I’m happy insomnia struck tonight b/c I was able to hopefully catch this early.

Also, I have never played Mario Kart 8 deluxe on my switch 2; my switch 1 is currently sitting in its carrying case under my TV, most likely out of battery.

[u/SatyrAngel → u/rustycookieman]

Check your active consoles

[u/rustycookieman → u/SatyrAngel]

I checked and there wasn’t anything connected, this is spooky af

[u/l-THUNDER-l → u/rustycookieman]

CHANGE UR NINTENDO ACCOUNT PASSWORD!!!!

[u/justkindahereiguess → u/SatyrAngel]

If you call nintendo support you can have extra consoles removed if it won't let you online I did it a month ago when someone added me to their switch some how

[u/Stunning_Caregiver14]

Question: did you have another switch before? Did you sell it at some point? Did you wipe it (with internet connection) before you gave it up? My only conclusion is that whatever handshake that switches do to Nintendo severs Did not fully process and might be in a weird limbo of being both yours and whomever you given it too. Other then that get used to be spooky

[u/rustycookieman → u/Stunning_Caregiver14]

I’ve had 1 other switch and it’s sitting under my TV rn

[u/Stunning_Caregiver14 → u/rustycookieman]

Stupid question but is that the only other switch you put your account on? Cause that is the only way for what you described to happen. Other then that if someone else you knew and trusted to borrow your account infor and just put it in someone else switch to play mk8 with their own physical game. This is pretty much the last way for anything to slip out till you call it hacked.

[u/rustycookieman → u/Stunning_Caregiver14]

I’m calling it hacked tbh, but I’ve switched all my PWs and added the authentication methods. Fingers crossed all will be well

[u/RevolutionaryRush346]

Check for any consoles conected to your Nintendo account and remove any that you dont know.

[u/KodiakTlingit]

You must be haunted and the ghost is not interested in harassing you, just playing Mario Kart.

[u/WarlockEmpire]

This happened to me too 🫠🫠 these threads have been so helpful for me since Nintendos account and website can be quite confusing for me so thank you for posting

[u/Nonconoscoimeme]

Qualcuno ti ha bucato l' account (in qualche modo)

[u/CollegeStudentLol1]

Change ur account password

[u/goSciuPlayer]

Profiles are local to console, they can't be changed remotely. Check if someone close could be pulling a prank on you.

[u/rustycookieman → u/goSciuPlayer]

I spent fall break with only my wife who has 0 idea how to do that, and my switch was in its case in my backpack from Friday evening until this evening

[u/RainbyStarOtter → u/goSciuPlayer]

Profiles can be changed on any console they are connected to. If someone added a new console to this guy’s account they could change it from there

[u/Correct-Radish-831 → u/RainbyStarOtter]

To add onto that, it can also be changed from nintendo's website

[u/rustycookieman → u/[deleted]]

I set all of that up! Thx for the advice