{"id":443232,"date":"2011-06-17T18:18:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T18:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/sega-pass-customer-datails-hacked\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T18:18:22","slug":"sega-pass-customer-datails-hacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/sega-pass-customer-datails-hacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega Pass customer datails hacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"68.6861924686\"><span><span>17 June 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>14:18 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sega has told gamers that some of their personal information may have been stolen following an attack on its systems.<\/p>\n<p>E-mail addresses and dates of birth stored on the Sega Pass database were accessed by hackers.<\/p>\n<p>But payment information, such as credit card numbers, remained safe as it was handled elsewhere, Sega said .<\/p>\n<p>The hacking group Lulz Security appeared to deny involvement, despite leading a wave of recent cyber attacks.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Investigation&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In an e-mail sent to Sega Pass users, the company wrote: &#8220;Over the last 24 hours we have identified that unauthorised entry was gained to our Sega Pass database.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We immediately took the appropriate action to protect our consumers&#8217; data and isolate the location of the breach. We have launched an investigation into the extent of the breach of our public systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sega explained that it had reset all passwords and urged customers to change their log-on details on other services and websites where they used the same credentials.<\/p>\n<p>It added that password details had not been stored in plain text, suggesting that they may have been secured by some kind of encryption.<\/p>\n<p>Sega is the latest in a line of games companies to suffer hacking and denial of service attacks on their online services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-13663814\" title=\"Nintendo hack story\">Nintendo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/bc.co.uk\/news\/technology-13627482\" title=\"PSN hack story\">Sony<\/a> and several multi-player gaming communities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-13777129\" title=\"multiplayer gaming services hacked\">have been hit in recent months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The hacker group Lulz Security, which has been involved in a number of high profile attacks, showed some sympathy for Sega on its Twitter feed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to help you destroy the hackers that attacked you. We love the Dreamcast, these people are going down,&#8221; wrote LulzSec.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/technology-13815225\" title=\"Sega Pass customer datails hacked\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sega Pass customer datails hacked<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 17 June 2011 Last updated at 14:18 ET Sega has told gamers that some of their personal information may have been stolen following an attack on its systems. 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