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SEGA says ARARA newsletter breach exposed 2.2 million emails
SEGA said a breach at newsletter vendor ARARA exposed 2.2 million subscriber emails across 11 SEGA and SEGA Fave lists, with no confirmed misuse, BleepingComputer reported.
SEGA said a data breach at third-party newsletter vendor ARARA Inc. exposed email addresses of 2.2 million subscribers to 11 newsletters for SEGA and SEGA Fave products and services1.
The company, in a statement quoted by BleepingComputer, also said about 92,300 records included additional information that had not yet been identified1.
SEGA said the compromised data did not include customer names, dates of birth, gender, addresses, phone numbers, credit card details or account passwords1.
Email addresses registered with a SEGA Account use a separate distribution system and were not affected, the company said1.
SEGA said it is working with ARARA to determine what was exposed and that it had no confirmed evidence of misuse1. "We are currently investigating the information associated with newsletter distribution in cooperation with ARARA," SEGA said1.
ARARA disclosed on Nov. 2 that its email distribution service was breached, compromising 77 million email addresses from nearly 380 corporate clients, BleepingComputer reported1.
ARARA attributed the incident to a web server vulnerability and problems in its system environment, while saying the intrusion method and timing remained under investigation1.
ARARA had estimated a smaller impact and told SEGA on Oct. 29 that no data compromise had occurred, then notified SEGA on Nov. 3 that data had been exposed and shared details between Nov. 5 and Nov. 8, according to the report1.
ARARA also said attackers used access to its service to send more than 7 million emails impersonating credit card companies in late October1.
Other ARARA clients named in the same incident include MOS Burger, Shochiku Multiplex Theatres, TKC and IIJmio, with millions of addresses each, BleepingComputer said1.
Separately, SEGA Fave arcade network services remained offline after unauthorized access disclosed Nov. 2; SEGA said that incident is unrelated to the ARARA newsletter breach1.
