E-Mail Lists, Encrypted Passwords Stolen In Battle.net Hack

snoopy · Aug 10, 2012

E-mail lists, encrypted passwords stolen in Battle.net hack

Game maker Blizzard Entertainment's internal network security has been breached, the company informed customers today.
While the company behind World of Warcraft and Diablo believes no sensitive financial information was compromised, it said e-mail addresses for non-China Battle.net players and scrambled passwords were stolen, Blizzard President Michael Morhaime said in a company blog post:This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps to close off this access and began working with law enforcement and security experts to investigate what happened.

In addition to the e-mail lists, the company said the personal security question and mobile and dial-in authentication information for users in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America were also illegally accessed.

The company said it believes its cryptography techniques will make it very difficult to crack the passwords and hack into accounts. "Based on what we currently know, this information alone is NOT enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts," Morhaime said in the blog. However, the company is nevertheless recommending that users change their passwords immediately:
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