First it was Sony, and now Sega has its online customer database hacked. I guess if there is a positive side to this breach it’s that no credit card information was stolen when the accounts were hacked. According to Sega, payment information was stored with external service providers.

Information taken includes names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and passwords, according to e-mails sent by Sega to affected customers. The information taken was part of Sega’s “Sega Pass” system, a registered account system Sega maintains for customers interested in newsletters and other information, and used for registering some Sega games with online components.

Sega: 1.3 million customer records hacked, LulzSec promises retribution [ZDNet Gamification]