Sega latest victim of hacking spree

PanARMENIAN.Net - The hacking spree that all started with the monumental breach at Sony continues, and Sega is the latest victim.

Sega has reported to users of its Sega Pass service that their network was compromised, and while they don’t indicate how many users were impacted or how much data was compromised, they’ve already reset user passwords and shut off access to the Sega Pass service while they investigate.

Sega notes in their statement that no personal or financial information was stored in their database, and that while intruders were able to gain access, the most they would have made off with were birth dates, usernames, e-mail addresses, and encrypted passwords that they would have to decrypt to use. They do mention, however, that the information stolen only represents a “subset of Sega Pass members.” That’s likely no consolation to the members whose information was stolen – especially as Sega’s announcement doesn’t let us know how large or small that subset is.

Regardless of who’s behind the attack, it’s worth changing the password when Sega Pass comes back online, geek.com reports.