In a bizarre turn of events, hacking group Lulzsec has come forward with a helping hand to gaming company Sega whose websites were hacked by anonymous hackers last week. Sega had confirmed that hackers had got in to their systems and stolen data pertaining to as many as 1.29 million users. They also said that the hackers were not able to steal credit card information like in the case of the Sony hack. Here, only email addresses and dates of birth related information were accessed.
Anyway, with investigations still on to nab the perpetrators of the attack, Sega has found an unusual ally in the form of Lulzsec, the same group that had broken in Sony, FBI and Fox News in the past few weeks. Lulzsec has in a statement (in the form of a tweet) said that they are eager to help Sega destroy the hackers who did this to them. The reason? They love the Sega Dreamcast, Sega’s last console which it retired back in 2001.
Although it is highly unlikely that Sega will ever respond to this offer, it sure does make an interesting proposition. Do you think Lulzsec would be able to do what leading cyber security agencies are unable to do? Find the perpetrators of the Sega attack. They have been anonymous and faceless so far – unlike Lulzsec who is pretty PR friendly.
