Submission + - World Of Warcraft Maker Blizzard Hacked (techweekeurope.co.uk)
twoheadedboy writes: "Blizzard, the games developer behind major titles like World of Warcraft and Diablo III, has admitted its network was hacked and user login information was stolen. It said there was no evidence credit card details or real names of customers were compromised, however the culprits managed to take “cryptographically scrambled” Battle.net passwords of North American users. Battle.net is Blizzard’s online multiplayer service, where players can compete with each other in some of the developer’s most popular titles. US gamers’ answers to personal security questions were also stolen, as were mobile and dial-in authenticators. For global users, it seems that just some email addresses were illegally accessed. Nevertheless, Blizzard has joined the sizeable list of companies who have had passwords stolen this year."