Blizzard apology to the security password to leak

• 2012-08-11 13:05:15

Dear players and friend,

How do you do.

Even if you are in the entertainment industry, interesting, and not the past each week will be interesting. This week, our security team found that someone had unauthorized illegal access blizzard entertainment to the internal network. We immediately cut off the visit, and starts with law enforcement and security experts of the investigation.

After investigation, without any evidence that credit card, bill address, real name or other financial information to suffer leakage. Our investigation is under way, but so far, no any evidence that these information was under access.

Some data it was illegal access, including all other areas outside of mainland China over battle.net user email address. For North America in the server players (generally includes North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and southeast Asia), their personal safety tips the answer, cell phone safety to relevant information, as well as the anti-theft lock and phone related encryption number (the true phone number) were also visit. However, based on a have so far, visited the above information is insufficient to a login battle.net account.

In addition, we know, for us by the encrypted password battle.net player (the real players password) were also people visit acquisition. We use safety distance Password agreement (SecureRemote Password protocol, SRP) protect the Password. This agreement is to make the design of the actual meaning extreme hard to crack password, also means that each group password must be cracked one will do. However careful see, we still Suggestions for us players change their password. In addition, if you use the same or similar password from other USES, may also consider change the password together.

In the next few days, we will remind players for us through the automated process, change their Ann a hint questions and answers. In addition, we will also remind mobile phone users update safe to safety to software. In this special remind: mail will ask you to go fishing password or login information, but blizzard entertainment never on to your password.

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We pay high attention to the personal information protection players, for this matter to you my most sincere apologies.

Mike Morhaime