Sega Pass breach compromised 1.3 million accounts

Sega became the latest game company to suffer a security breach when hackers broke into the Sega Pass database last week. The scope of that ordeal came into sharper focus, as Sega has confirmed to Reuters that some 1.3 million accounts were compromised as a result of the security breach.

The Sega Pass security breach occurred on June 16, and Sega said that it immediately notified potentially impacted individuals upon discovering the network infiltration. Data obtained by hackers includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and encrypted passwords. However, Sega emphasized that hackers had not obtained credit card information, as the service uses external payment providers.

In addition to apologizing to customers, the publisher said that the Sega Pass will remain offline while it enhances the service's security measures. Sega did not provide an updated estimate for when the service will once again be available.

One culprit Sega can apparently scratch off the list is LulzSec, which has gone on a hacking tear through such other high-profile game companies as Nintendo, Sony, Bethesda, Epic Games, Minecraft maker Mojang, and CCP. In a Twitter update, the hacker collective said, "@Sega - contact us. We want to help you destroy the hackers that attacked you. We love the Dreamcast, these people are going down."