AFP has more on breach first disclosed by SEGA on Friday: Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said on Sunday, in a theft via a website of its European unit. The Sega Pass website, operated by London-based Sega Europe, did not contain…
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AU: UQ internet security not breached
Part of a press release from the University of Queensland: Recent claims in the media that hackers had obtained passwords for email addresses at The University of Queensland (UQ) are inaccurate. UQ’s Director of Information Technology Services, Rob Moffatt, confirmed there had not been any network security breaches at the University and none of the…
Sega Pass Database Hacked, Account Information Compromised (update – LulzSec not responsible)
Sebastian Moss writes: Only moments ago, Sega sent out an email to their Sega Pass users informing them of the hack: Dear ___, As you may be aware, the SEGA Pass system has been offline since yesterday, Thursday 16 June. Over the last 24 hours we have identified that unauthorised entry was gained to our…
LulzSec: Be more afraid of what hasn’t been released publicly
Posted on Pastebin: Dear Internets, This is Lulz Security, better known as those evil bastards from twitter. We just hit 1000 tweets, and as such we thought it best to have a little chit-chat with our friends (and foes). For the past month and a bit, we’ve been causing mayhem and chaos throughout the Internet,…
Hacked logins used to buy condoms and hijack PayPal, Facebook accounts
Ben Grubb and Asher Moses report: Australians are being advised by the government to change and vary their passwords after miscreants began using the logins of thousands of people leaked on to the web to break into Facebook and PayPal accounts. One claims to have bought a packet of condoms “for an elderly woman” using…
Fraud Starts After Lulzsec Group Releases E-Mail, Passwords
Robert McMillan reports: Debbie Crowell never ordered the iPhone, but thanks to a hacking group known as Lulzsec, she spent a good part of her Thursday morning trying to get US$712.00 in charges reversed after someone broke into her Amazon account and ordered it. “They even had me pay for one-day shipping,” she said via…