Sega: 1.3 Million Affected by Sega Pass / Forum Attack

By
Tristan Oliver
– June 20, 2011
Stock in Japan Dips Almost 5 Percent The corporate mothership that oversees Sega, Sega Sammy Holdings, is feeling the investor pinch from an attack last week–an attack that the company...

Stock in Japan Dips Almost 5 Percent

The corporate mothership that oversees Sega, Sega Sammy Holdings, is feeling the investor pinch from an attack last week–an attack that the company now acknowledges has impacted some 1.3 million customers who hold accounts on the Sega Pass service.

An article on the Reuters website includes an apology from a Sega Japan spokesperson, along with a remark that reads, “We want to work on strengthening security.”  It is reassured that credit card data was not compromised in the attack, though other data like names, E-Mail addresses, birth dates, and encrypted passwords were.

The attack affected the Sega Pass service, which was a requirement for members of Sega’s forums to use.  Both the forums and the main service remain offline as of this article’s publication.

Reuters also reports this news adversely impacted Sega Sammy’s stock on Japanese markets.  The stock tumbled down 4.9 percent from Friday’s close, but has since recovered somewhat, down now less than 2 percentage points as of this article’s publication.

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