Hacked server service SEGA Pass

It seems that hacking servers of various companies has already become a good tradition among certain categories of citizens. This year, more than ever, the activity of hackers of various kinds (well, or cybercriminals, if you do not consider the use of the term “hacker” in this context), is manifested. Whether the anomalous activity of our luminary is to blame, or just a coincidence, but this year everyone and everyone are breaking into it. Honestly, if something else had been hacked, and not the server of Sega’s beloved company, I’d pass by this news. But this is SEGA! Interestingly, LulzSec has nothing to do with it this time. But let's see what happened there.



So, on Thursday the SEGA Pass system went offline. It was turned off by specialists of the company who discovered the fact of hacking, this time no DDoS. An unknown group of hackers (or not a group, as yet unknown), gained access to a user database. What is the volume of the database received by hackers is also unknown, but it is known that the hackers managed to receive users ’e-mail, dates of birth and passwords (in encrypted form).

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Having discovered the fact of hacking, Sega immediately responded by turning off the system, and asking users to immediately change passwords for access to other Sega services.



So far, no one has claimed responsibility for what happened, and this time LulzSec even defended SEGA, telling Twitter that the group wanted to help the company eliminate the attack. The desire to help is based on the fact that LulzSec likes the Dreamcast, and the group believes that the attackers should be punished. Curious, of course, a statement.



SEGA also reports that it hopes to put the system into operation soon, as soon as security issues are resolved. How long it will take to restore services is still unknown.



Via mashable