SEGA hacked after the post-PSN update, 1.3 million profiles stolen
Security updates weren't good enough
SEGA's recent security breach occurred after they shored up their virtual defences in the wake of the PSN breach.
The boss of SEGA West Mike Hayes had previously said that the PSN hacking was a wake-up call and they had decided to do an early security audit to shore up security.
Unfortunately their updates weren't enough and last week the details from as many as 1.3 million accounts have been stolen from their SEGA Pass servers.
Hayes had said: "We did a security audit as a result of this, which is probably six months earlier [than normal], and it was just a good housekeeping exercise. We made a couple of changes to some of our security systems. I'm sure most people have done exactly the same."
Only email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords were stolen in the attack according to he latest indications from SEGA.
Thanks GamesIndustry.biz.
