Breaking News: Breach in BattleNet

Whether you play Starcraft, Diablo or Warcraft, you might want to change your BattleNet passwords.

by The At7addak Team on Aug 10, 2012

Big gaming companies are used to these, and even though securities keep on getting stronger, some nifty hackers always seem to find ways to breach into their servers. Remember the Playstation Network accident? Well, you might want to continue reading.

Addressed on Blizzard’s official site, this very August 4, an intrusion took place on BattleNet’s website, and affected all parts of the world except China (Can we blame them maybe?). We are talking about the majority of North America and Europe's e-mail addresses retrieve from the site, and even more serious problems because the hackers could even have your secret question’s answers, information about your Authenticator on mobile, and even passwords.

Now the good news is that all these information are very much encrypted and will require that the thieves manage to decode them to exploit their loot. Blizzard states, however, that there is no evidence that bank data or personal information such as name or real addresses have been stolen.

Blizzard’s CEO Mike Morhaime asks of everyone to change their paswords and remain vigilant when they receive mails, to limit the damage and make the job harder on the hackers to make use of your data. Do you really want to loose your progress in our Starcraft II 2012 Intergalactic Tournament, your Diablo III’s legendary items or even your World of Warcraft goods? I don’t think so.

Ozimandus has been reviewing games and gadgets since 2003. He's not afraid of speaking his mind, and loves to share his love of everything geeky.

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