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Sega Pass database hacked, birthdates, passwords stolen
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:14:50 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/sega-pass-database-hacked-birthdates-passwords-stolen-20110617/ Sega Pass database hacked, birthdates, passwords stolen Jun. 17, 2011 (2:12 pm) By: Alan Henry 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. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Learn encryption strategies that manage risk and shore up compliance. Download Article 1 of CREDANT Technologies' The Essentials Series: Endpoint Data Encryption That Actually Works http://credant.com/campaigns/realtime2/gap-LP1/
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