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

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57490533-83/e-mail-lists-encrypted-passwords-stolen-in-battle.net-hack/

By Steven Musil
CNET News
August 9, 2012

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.

    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.

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