The online gamersdienst Sega Pass has been hacked. That has the gamemaker confirmed in an email to Dutch users. The hackers steel user names and encrypted passwords, but not payment details.
Dutch users are also affected by the hack, as appears from the mail that a tweaker received from Sega. The hack involves the online gamingdienst Sega Pass, where users of Sega games can sign up. Sega confirms the hack and says that usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords are captured. Payment information could not be stolen, because payments are processed by third parties. There are 1.3 million gamers data stolen, says the company.
Sega has its Pass service, until further order be taken offline and advises users to be alert for suspicious e-mails. Also, the password of all users is reset to hacks to avoid. Also, the gamemaker with an evaluation began to see how the hack has taken place. Sega apologizes for the hack.
Offered as part, the past few months, frequently become the victim of hacks. So people knew hackers to penetrate in to PlayStation Network from Sony and was also Nintendo in various ways under fire. Also Codemasters fell prey to hackers. The computer hacker group Lulzsec, which last for weeks frequently made the news with hacks, the hack has not been claimed, and there seems to be nothing to do with it.