By way of an official email sent to customers today, Sega confirmed a security breach of its Sega Pass online service. This is the latest in a rash of hacks and DDOS attacks that hit EVE Online, Codemasters, Bethesda, and Sony over the past couple weeks. The infamous LulzSec is not taking credit for this intrusion, however.

According to Sega, an investigation into the extent of this breach is ongoing. Thus far, “a subset of SEGA Pass members emails addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords” have been identified as stolen. Sega stresses in the email that passwords were not stored in plaintext. Furthermore, payment information remains safe as the company used external providers to process transactions.

As a precaution, Sega is resetting affected SEGA Pass accounts. Users will be prompted to change password once the service is back online. Read the full email after the break. more »

Hacker group LulzSec announced just moments ago that it has taken down the login servers that power Minecraft and EVE Online. This is the latest in a string of attacks that hit Sony, Bethesda, Nintendo, and others over the past couple weeks. Word on the antics comes from LulzSec’s boastful Twitter feed.

There’s no word yet on if account details of Minecraft or EVE Online users are safe. Prior LulzSec raids included leaked personal details, most recently on the 200,000 or so users of Brink. Those that have an account on either service may want to take extra precaution, just to be safe.

The group is also hammering games website Escapist Magazine with a DDOS attack, leaving the entire site inaccessible as of writing.