Vindekarr Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) That's right girls and boys, Sega's been hacked, and early reports suggest a mass data theft, specificaly, account details. If you've got data on Sega, better change it quick because a LOT of accounts got stolen. I'll add to this as more information becomes available. EDIT: this is an old news page, but it's the most recent I can find. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/8263064/customer-data-stolen-from-sega Edited June 21, 2011 by Vindekarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 sega has 1.6 million accounts? thats scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Now Bioware, I've just got this email... We recently learned that hackers gained unauthorized access to the decade-old BioWare server system supporting the Neverwinter Nights forums. We immediately took appropriate steps to protect our consumers’ data and launched a thorough ongoing evaluation of the breach. We have determined that no credit card data was compromised from the servers, nor did we ever have or store sensitive data like social security numbers. Our investigation shows that information such as user names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, mailing addresses, names, phone numbers, CD keys and birth dates from these forum accounts on the system may have been compromised, as well as other information (if any) that you may have associated with your EA Account. In an abundance of caution, we have changed your password to ensure account security. Please visit this Removed to reset your password immediately. If your link has expired, click here to generate a new email. We take the security of your information very seriously and regret any inconvenience this may have caused you. If your username, email address and/or password on your EA account are similar to those you use on other sites, we recommend changing the password at those sites as well. We advise all of our fans to always be aware of any suspicious emails or account activity and report any suspicious emails and account activity to Customer Support at 1-877-357-6007. If you have questions, please visit our FAQ at http://support.ea.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5367/ or contact Customer Support at the phone number above. Aaryn FlynnStudio GM, BioWare EdmontonVP, Electronic Arts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AurianaValoria1 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Is it Lulzec again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonkr Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I actually thank Lulzsec for getting the "bump up your security before we hack it" message across. And I am quite sure they spread the message quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I actually thank Lulzsec for getting the "bump up your security before we hack it" message across. And I am quite sure they spread the message quite good.No offense, but that's kinda stupid. Sure, it's one thing to have piss-poor security when you have a website that has a vast amount of collected personal information... But there is no such thing as perfect security, or even security that stops determined hackers. If this asshat was trying to do something good in all this, he failed the moment he started posting all that information online. Then there is hacking government websites to steal data and upload.. That doesn't help anyone but those who wish to do harm to the world. They aren't smart, they aren't skilled, they just abuse the power they have and force others to waste their time and energy trying to stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonkr Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I actually thank Lulzsec for getting the "bump up your security before we hack it" message across. And I am quite sure they spread the message quite good.No offense, but that's kinda stupid. Sure, it's one thing to have piss-poor security when you have a website that has a vast amount of collected personal information... But there is no such thing as perfect security, or even security that stops determined hackers. If this asshat was trying to do something good in all this, he failed the moment he started posting all that information online. Then there is hacking government websites to steal data and upload.. That doesn't help anyone but those who wish to do harm to the world. They aren't smart, they aren't skilled, they just abuse the power they have and force others to waste their time and energy trying to stop them.But think about it. Lulzsec isn't a huge organization trying to gain millions of dollars. They are a few 20 year old kids who live in their mother's basement. And if they can hack a website than for sure someone with much more destructive intentions can. Bloody hell think about it. Most lulzsec are members of anonymous and sit for 7 hours a day on *name of website not allowed here* How the hell was security that bad that they could hack it. I think companies should try to achieve better security and better notification in case attacks DO happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector530 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 (edited) I actually thank Lulzsec for getting the "bump up your security before we hack it" message across. And I am quite sure they spread the message quite good.No offense, but that's kinda stupid. Sure, it's one thing to have piss-poor security when you have a website that has a vast amount of collected personal information... But there is no such thing as perfect security, or even security that stops determined hackers. If this asshat was trying to do something good in all this, he failed the moment he started posting all that information online. Then there is hacking government websites to steal data and upload.. That doesn't help anyone but those who wish to do harm to the world. They aren't smart, they aren't skilled, they just abuse the power they have and force others to waste their time and energy trying to stop them. totally agree saying that lulzsec is doing a benefit by hacking companys is total BS. so if someone breaks in your house, dont worry its ok he was just check the security?!? yeahhhhh no. also you really think members of lulzsec make a legitimate living..... hell no of course they're stealing. its not just for the "lulz". also nothing is 100% hack proof if take long and hard enough you'll break in. isnt that a saying among hackers and the people who try to stop them "nothing is unhackable"? and doing everything you can to break in and steal information to post everything you stole on the internet. doesnt make you a hero, makes you a criminal. pure and simple. Edited June 24, 2011 by hector530 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 When they released the information, it was out of their hands. Sure, LulzSec might not be in it for the money, but I have no doubt the people who downloaded the information are. I've read countless stories so far about people bankrupt now because some moron downloaded the pack and used their Amazon account to buy several flatscreen televisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracinfields Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) Ok this is just a small joke about the one for bioware, and this isn't my pic I found it on the bioware social boards. The security guarding a decade old server. http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd418/MrFob/Bla/Hacking_mot.jpg ps. glade it isn't actually that easy in the real world. Edited June 25, 2011 by Gracinfields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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