Sega hacked - 1.3 million user details stolen in cyber attack

Japanese video game company Sega says that information belonging to 1.3 million customers has been stolen from its database in a cyber attack.

Names, birthdays, email addresses and encrypted passwords have all been compromised and Sega Pass had been shut down.

Lulz Security, a group of hackers that has launched its own cyber attacks against companies including Nintendo and the US Senate, has offered to track down the Sega hackers.

REUTERS STORY

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Laugh-out-loud Lulz hackers break into US Senate website - security review ordered

Officials in America have ordered a security review after hackers broke into the Senate website at the weekend.

Lulz Security, a group of hackers, said it had carried out the attack for fun and posted files online. Lulz is a reference to internet-speak for "laugh out loud".

BBC STORY


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