Hackers strike Sega, steal personal data from 1.3 million accounts

By on Jun 20, 2011 at 8:40 AM
General June 20, 2011

Sega has confirmed that personal data from 1.3 million user accounts was stolen during a recent security breach, according to Reuters. Hackers obtained email addresses, encrypted passwords, birth dates, and names of Sega Pass network users. Unlike Sony’s recent security breach, however, the hackers did not access credit card data. As a result of the attack, Sony has pulled its Sega Pass network offline. “We are deeply sorry for causing trouble to our customers. We want to work on strengthening security,” Yoko Nagasawa, a Sega spokeswoman, said. Lulzsec, the hacker group behind Sony’s attack, has not taken credit for the Sega breach.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/broken42 Josh Tamlin

    Not only did LulzSec deny responsibility, they also offered to help Sega track down the guys who did it

    • serpentor

      Nice to know there’s a special place in their hearts for Sega.

    • TOMMMMMM

      It’s because they love the dreamcast.

  • Big Papi

    I seriously wish ill-will on people who do this, and their mothers. This shit is ridiculous

  • Anonymous

    There’s been an astonishing amount of high-profile hacks lately. Has corporate security always been this lax? Are these groups just a lot better? Should I bother wearing pants during The Great Hack Wars of 2011?

  • Anonymous

    Hackers do what Nintendont.

  • serpentor

    The real lesson here is to use fake birthdays and names and other information whenever possible.

  • Anon

    another late story from BGR….this along with your inability to remain unbiased and stray away from your APPLE FANBOYISM is really starting to get on my nerves….keep this up and you’ll see that you will start to lose your core readers as they will move on to your competitors.

    you’ve been warned !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    They are probably all old unused AOL & Hotmail accounts.

  • hmmmm

    I didn’t know that Sony owned Sega.

    Quote from the article:

    “As a result of the attack, Sony has pulled its Sega Pass network offline.”

    Wow.

  • Anonymous

    I didn’t know sega runs android software. Shoulda used apple. True story.

  • Brandon Zemel

    i didnt even know there WAS still a sega network…  didnt they go under like 10 years ago??

  • hmmmm

    Duh. Tighten your network, lock down vulnerable open ports, move sensitive data onto servers that are not Internet facing, just a few random ideas.Maybe a tight DMZ? Stay ahead of the game (hacking). After all, hacking isn’t something new, it has been going on for decades, people.

  • Net2011

    I LOVE SEGA !!! Thank god i already have over 60 sega and gameboy/ gba games for my handheld and dont need to go online to play like you late bloomers lol

  • http://profiles.google.com/xxshift Houston Cleaver

    Come on, don’t do this to SEGA!! Sony is one thing, but SEGA brought us Sonic the Hedgehog and has NEVER done anything wrong.

  • Anonymous

    This really shows how companies did not take there IT seriously.

  • Josh

    I can understand hacking Sony, but attacking just seems plain wrong.

  • sirpaul

    SEGA got Sony’d!

  • Lechero

    it never seems like theyre taking actual financial data, seems to me theyre just trying to make the companies look stupid. 

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