SEGA Confirms Email Leak of Over 2.1 Million Newsletter Users
SEGA confirmed that email addresses belonging to 2,196,044 newsletter recipients were leaked after an unauthorized party accessed the systems of Arara, the firm managing distribution for SEGA and SEGA Fave. The breach affects emails from eleven newsletters distributed in July, September, and October. While delivery-related data was exposed for 92,273 users, the company stated there is no evidence that names, birthdates, genders, postal addresses, phone numbers, credit card details, or login passwords were compromised. A separate server access incident involving SEGA Fave's arcade services occurred on November 2.
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Original headline at Anime News Network: “SEGA Confirms Leak of 2.2 Million Newsletter Recipients' Email Addresses”
Key facts
- Affected Users
- 2,196,044
- Third-Party Distributor
- Arara
- Affected Months
- July, September, October
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