Sega has been hacked. Over the weekend, it admitted that its Sega Pass website has been compromised exposing the personal details of 1,290,775 registered users. The attack mainly affects users in Europe and North and sounds all too familiar in the wake of the Sony PlayStation Network hack.
Fortunately, there are some major differences between the situation faced by Sega and the Sony debacle. The big one is that, since Sega uses external firms to process payments, no credit card details have been swiped. And this time, LulzSec says it didn’t do it. In fact, though it hates Sony, it seems it’s got a lot of love for Sega…
Sega Pass has been down since last Thursday and Sega began emailing users about the breach on Friday. Once the attack went public, LulzSec, which took credit for the Sony hack, hit Twitter to declare: “@Sega – contact us. We want to help you destroy the hackers that attacked you. We love the Dreamcast, these people are going down.”
Dreamcast fanboyism knows no bounds but we suspect Sega won’t be taking up the group’s offer any time soon. It’s warned Sega Pass users that if they’ve used the same login info on other services, they should change them immediately.
As yet, no one has taken credit for the Sega hack. For what it’s worth, Mario has an excellent alibi. He was on a mission to save Princess Peach at the time of the attack. And besides he loves Sonic these days, remember when they competed in the Olympics?
Out now | £NA | Sega (via The Register)
