CyberCRIME June, 19th 2011 by admin

Customer's personal information stolen from Sega database

“Hackers have stolen personal information from over 1.2 million customers of the Japanese gaming company SEGA, according to a company statement.

The breach occurred Friday and targeted user data from subsidiary “SEGA Pass”, which is operated by Britain-based SEGA Europe Limited (SEL).”

Source: Customer’s personal information stolen from Sega database – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs

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