Sega confirms 1.3m Sega Pass customers’ details “obtained”

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Sega said in a press release that 1,290,755 Sega Pass users’ details were stolen in Friday’s website hack, including names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords.Following confirmation on Friday that Sega’s Sega Pass website had been hacked and user data compromised, the publisher said this morning that “1,290,755 customers’ information including Sega Pass members name, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords were obtained.”

No financial data was stored on the site.

The firm added: “We express our sincerest apologies to our customers for the inconvenience and concern caused by this matter. Sega Pass is the service used to provide information about our new products to registered members and does not hold any customer financial information.

“After the unauthorized entry was identified, we immediately stopped the SEGA Pass service and took emergency action to prevent further damage. This action included immediately contacting all our registered SEGA Pass users. We are now fully investigating the cause of the incident.”

Sega said it will “immediately report through the website of Sega Europe should there be any further developments regarding this issue.”

The company will “strengthen network security as a priority issue” as a result of the hack.

The incident is merely the latest in a string of network attacks against games companies in 2011

http://www.vg247.com/2011/06/19/sega-confirms-1-3m-sega-pass-customers-details-obtained/

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bsmPosted:

well,at least no credit cards or anything were hacked into,and i think thats more important then just a regular account,but still these assholes are getting annoying,and why isnt the police or something doing anything about it..

TTG_DEATH_3MPIR3Posted:

xMasterJPx what do these guys plan on achieving hacking, ever since geohot everyone thinks they can do anything, ya bill gates ain't gonna let anyone in his walls, unlike sony, anyone who attempts to **** with microsoft is pretty muched screwed! BUT REALLY? SEGA? Come on people! Get a **** life!


If they were to hack microsoft it would be unexpected as many people think. Maybe thats the attitude thats gpoing to get them into microsoft. I hope not, its going a little to far now. i have to agree. if there trying to prove a point about the gaming companies not being able to uphold on the security. but the people they are trying to impress are now scared.

DrPhil321Posted:

The amount of butthurt they're going to get.............

aBoxOfMintsPosted:

what do these guys plan on achieving hacking, ever since geohot everyone thinks they can do anything, ya bill gates ain't gonna let anyone in his walls, unlike sony, anyone who attempts to **** with microsoft is pretty muched screwed! BUT REALLY? SEGA? Come on people! Get a **** life!

TTG_WigglyPosted:

in third to coment
yay
but that suks

hellohi1995Posted:

i love sega. D: go hack sony, no ones likes them..

SoldadoPosted:

I still can't believe the people doing this don't have better targets, this isn't hard.