Japanese video game developer Sega Corp said on Sunday that data belonging to 1.3 million customers has been stolen from its database, the newest during a rash of Global cyber attacks against video game Company.
Names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords of users of Sega Pass on-line network members had been compromised, Sega said during a statement, though payment knowledge like mastercard numbers was safe. Sega Pass had been pack up.
"We are deeply sorry for inflicting bother to our customers. we wish to figure on strengthening security," said Yoko Nagasawa, a Sega spokeswoman, adding it's unclear when the firm would restart Sega Pass.
The attack against Sega, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings that creates game software like Sonic the Hedgehog furthermore as slot machines, follows alternative recent vital breaches together with Citigroup, that said over 360,000 accounts were hit in could, and therefore the International financial Fund.
The drama surrounding the recent spherical of video game breaches paled compared to what PlayStation maker Sony Corp experienced following 2 high-profile attacks that surfaced in April.
Those breaches led to the theft of account knowledge for over one hundred million customers, creating it the most important ever hacking of knowledge outside the monetary services trade.
Sega Europe, a division of Sega that runs the Sega Pass network, immediately notified Sega and therefore the network customers once it distinguished regarding the breach on Thursday, Nagasawa said.
Lulz Security, a gaggle of hackers that has launched cyber attacks against alternative video game firms together with Nintendo, has unexpectedly offered to trace down and punish the hackers who broke into Sega's database.