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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 12:30 PM Aug 2012

Blizzard Battle.net hack attack hits millions

Account details for millions of players have been stolen in a hack attack on Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo.

Blizzard revealed details of the breach in a message posted to its Battle.net account management service.

Players in North America should change their login details for the account management service, said Blizzard.

So far, it said, there was no evidence that credit card numbers and other personal details had been taken.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19207276

I'm not into such things but thought maybe some here are aware of others who are.

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Blizzard Battle.net hack attack hits millions (Original Post) dipsydoodle Aug 2012 OP
yeah, i saw that. JesterCS Aug 2012 #1

JesterCS

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1. yeah, i saw that.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:00 PM
Aug 2012

I have Diablo 3 and read about it on their forums. Nothing was stolen/seen that could cause people to lose accounts. but they did say to change info as a precaution.

I have one of those keyfob authenticators, so my account cannot get stolen without it. Generates a random 6 digit code that i have to put in everytime I log into the website or the game.

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