Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft service compromised
Email addresses for global Battle.net users outside of China have been illegally acquired, the CEO revealed.
Answers to users' personal security questions, as well as information relating to mobile and dial-in authenticators, were also compromised. Scrambled Battle.net passwords for players on North American servers were also captured.
"Based on what we currently know, this information alone is not enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts," Morhaime insisted.
Users are urged to change their passwords. A mandatory change to security questions is in the pipeline.
"At this time, we've found no evidence that financial information such as credit cards, billing addresses, or real names were compromised. Our investigation is ongoing, but so far nothing suggests that these pieces of information have been accessed," Morhaime added.
The unauthorised access has been closed off.
Blizzard did not reveal how many user accounts had been affected. The Battle.net service has registered details of more than ten million users, though the total sum is thought to be far more than this.
The service, used for games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2, features Secure Remote Password (SRP) protocols to protect passwords.
Morhaime says the technology is designed to make it "extremely difficult" to extract user passwords.
"It also means that each password would have to be deciphered individually," he said.
"As a precaution, however, we recommend that players on North American servers change their password. Moreover, if you have used the same or similar passwords for other purposes, you may want to consider changing those passwords as well.
"In the coming days, we'll be prompting players on North American servers to change their secret questions and answers through an automated process. Additionally, we'll prompt mobile authenticator users to update their authenticator software.
"We take the security of your personal information very seriously, and we are truly sorry that this has happened."
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/362286/blizzard-hacked-battlenet-data-stolen/
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yayPosted:
MinecartL33t-Ninja-Much ehh nothing they cant fix really quick
That's true.
Yeah like I said, it's probably fixed already.
yayPosted:
L33t-Ninja-Much ehh nothing they cant fix really quick
You're right. I think they already fixed it actually.
MazurPosted:
ScantyMazurScantyMinecartMazur
yep luckily nothing will ever happen to Xbox like what happened to ps3
I wouldn't say 'never'..
You never know what could happen.
^ This. One of these days something is going to get broken and someone will hack Microsoft.
yeah true, hopefully it doesn't happen though
You never know, it could happen any day. If someone at Microsoft security messes up... they're screwed.
eh. i doubt it'll happen though, maybe one in a million chances it'll happen in the next year.
yayPosted:
MazurScantyMinecartMazur
yep luckily nothing will ever happen to Xbox like what happened to ps3
I wouldn't say 'never'..
You never know what could happen.
^ This. One of these days something is going to get broken and someone will hack Microsoft.
yeah true, hopefully it doesn't happen though
You never know, it could happen any day. If someone at Microsoft security messes up... they're screwed.
MazurPosted:
ScantyMinecartMazur
yep luckily nothing will ever happen to Xbox like what happened to ps3
I wouldn't say 'never'..
You never know what could happen.
^ This. One of these days something is going to get broken and someone will hack Microsoft.
yeah true, hopefully it doesn't happen though
yayPosted:
MinecartMazurScantyDGR21ScantyiMazurSmurfsiMazur first ps3, then pc games, up next is xbox lul
Oh no. You're probably right though, LOL.
lol i hope i didn't just jinx xbox xD
I hope not. It's been a while since Xbox has been "officially" hacked.
It would be much harder to hack Microsoft for they are actaully a computer company that deals in stuff like this all the time. They are much more prepared and secured.
That's why we pay a subscription for Xbox too, so the security can be top notch.
yep luckily nothing will ever happen to Xbox like what happened to ps3
I wouldn't say 'never'..
You never know what could happen.
^ This. One of these days something is going to get broken and someone will hack Microsoft.
PeetzuhPosted:
MazurScantyDGR21ScantyiMazurSmurfsiMazur first ps3, then pc games, up next is xbox lul
Oh no. You're probably right though, LOL.
lol i hope i didn't just jinx xbox xD
I hope not. It's been a while since Xbox has been "officially" hacked.
It would be much harder to hack Microsoft for they are actaully a computer company that deals in stuff like this all the time. They are much more prepared and secured.
That's why we pay a subscription for Xbox too, so the security can be top notch.
yep luckily nothing will ever happen to Xbox like what happened to ps3
I wouldn't say 'never'..
You never know what could happen.
yayPosted:
Congrats Oh wow people are so sad now a days, arguing over what piece of plastic is better. Hate **** like this that argue about it irl...
True. They both pretty much do the same thing. (Except PC can do a little bit more) :p
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