Sega Hacked:1.3 Million Users Information Compromised | The Monks News


Japanese game maker Sega, announced yesterday that their networked was hacked.

“Names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords of users of Sega Pass online network members had been compromised, Sega said in a statement, though payment data such as credit card numbers was safe. Sega Pass had been shut down.

“We are deeply sorry for causing trouble to our customers. We want to work on strengthening security,” said Yoko Nagasawa, a Sega spokeswoman, adding it is unclear when the firm would restart Sega Pass.

The attack against Sega, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings that makes game software such as Sonic the Hedgehog as well as slot machines, follows other recent significant breaches including Citigroup, which said over 360,000 accounts were hit in May, and the International Monetary Fund.

The drama surrounding the recent round of video game breaches paled compared to what PlayStation maker Sony Corp experienced following two high-profile attacks that surfaced in April”.

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Also in related news, the hacker group known as Lulz responded to the attack with an offer of help.“In an unexpected twist, Lulz responded to the news of the attack on Sega by offering to track down and punish the hackers who attacked the Japanese maker of video game software”.* You couldn’t make this stuff up if you wanted too…..

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Makes sense since LulzSec said they won't attack Sega since they love their consoles and that they have a special place in their LulzSec. God feels like all major companies are getting hacked. Sony, Nintendo, FBI, Sega, who's next...

This "hacked" stuff get so old.

Been knowing about this for a few days now and not surprised. :/ Everyone is getting hacked now. Old news.

As long as Yahoo doesn't get hacked, I'm fine.

I hope paypal will not be hacked..

Why don't these hackers go after some major "evil" corporations? Like oil companies or other companies that have things to hide from the public.

Seems like a better use of time, imo.

If I were Microsoft I would be making sure everything is safe. All these gaming companies getting hacked is getting really rampant. Sooner or later they may target Xbox live.

Because they will be killed. Don't eff around with them big time Companies, they don't play that "I'm calling the cops" stuff. They will really have you dead. O_O
Have you ever wondered how they keep those secrets?

Not just major companies, Minecraft was hacked this week. The hackers aren't targetting just the big corporations.