SEGA Confirms Leak of 2.2 Million Newsletter Email Addresses
SEGA reported Monday that email addresses for 2,196,044 customers leaked after an unnamed third party accessed systems at Arara, the distribution vendor SEGA and SEGA Fave use for email newsletters.
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Why it matters
The leak sits on top of a separate unauthorized access to SEGA Fave's ALL.Net and Aime arcade servers disclosed on November 2, so SEGA is now managing two unrelated security problems at once, one of them through a vendor it shares with other publishers.
Key Facts
- SEGA reported that email addresses for 2,196,044 customers leaked after a third party accessed vendor Arara's systems.
- The leaked addresses came from 11 newsletters sent in July, September, and October.
- Of the leaked addresses, 92,273 also had newsletter delivery information exposed.
- SEGA said there are no indications that names, birthdates, genders, postal addresses, phone numbers, credit card information, or login passwords leaked.
- SEGA Fave disclosed on November 2 that a third party accessed its ALL.Net and Aime arcade servers without authorization.
SEGA said the leaked addresses came from 11 newsletters sent in July, September, and October, and that 92,273 also had delivery-related information exposed. Arara is investigating the unauthorized access.
SEGA says names, birthdates, genders, postal addresses, phone numbers, credit card information, and login passwords show no signs of exposure as of the announcement. Email addresses registered to SEGA Accounts sit on a different distribution system and are not part of the leak.
Six of the 11 affected newsletters belong to the SEGA Lucky Kuji Online prize game service, which is already down for maintenance as part of security checks. Those checks follow the November 2 disclosure that a third party accessed SEGA Fave's ALL.Net and Aime arcade network servers without authorization. SEGA suspended related services on November 1, and some games remain unavailable. Companies beyond SEGA, including Bandai Namco, use the affected arcade services.
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- Anime News Network SEGA Confirms Leak of 2.2 Million Newsletter Recipients' Email Addresses