It's time to tack another publisher onto the "leak list," and this week's offender is Blizzard. Their security team discovered evidence of illegal access into Battle.net and although they closed off the connection post haste, some information was compromised. Among the data leaked is a list of email addresses for global Battle.net users, the answer to personal security questions, and information relating to authenticators, but Blizzard is stressing that this information is not enough for anyone to gain access to any Battle.net account. In addition, it seems that no evidence has been found that payment data was leaked.
"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."
It seems that scrambled version of passwords were taken, and although cracking these cyphers would prove to be incredibly difficult and must be deciphered individually, Blizzard is recommending that players change their passwords the next time they log in.
"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. As a reminder, phishing emails will ask you for password or login information."
For the full apology, visit Blizzard's official site.
