Sega Pass hacked, customer details leaked
Sega has become the latest gaming company to fall victim to digital ne'er-do-wells, with the company's Sega Pass system having been cracked wide open by forces unknown.
In an e-mail to members, Sega admits that recent downtime on the service - which has been unavailable since yesterday - was caused by a security breach. "Over the last 24 hours we have identified that unauthorised entry was gained to our Sega Pass database," the e-mail reads.
"We immediately took the appropriate action to protect our consumers' data and isolate the location of the breach. We have launched an investigation into the extent of the breach of our public systems." That investigation has revealed that attackers have obtained a 'subset' of the Sega Pass database, including e-mail addresses, dates of birth, and the encrypted password strings of a number of members.
