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 Post subject: Battle.net security breach
Unread postPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:01 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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Already changed my password just in case. :)

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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This is worrying. I've already changed my password, and made it even harder to figure out.

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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Yikes. Thank you so much for sharing this. Be safe, everyone!

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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Well, so far passwords were stolen in the encrypted form so changing that shouldn't be too huge. Its the security question/answer thing.

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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Least they came out and said it after it happened and not like a few weeks after I guess :S

Edit: guess I should change my password. *sigh* hate change! :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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ah well, its always a good idea to change that information from time to time just in case anyhow.

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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Meggers wrote:
Well, so far passwords were stolen in the encrypted form so changing that shouldn't be too huge. Its the security question/answer thing.


If you're worried about the secret question / answer thing, you might consider doing what I did: Create a new email address somewhere, then change your battlenet account so that it uses the new email address to log in instead of the old one. I was able to do that by logging in on Blizzard's main page, clicking on the "summary" tab, then clicking "edit" next to my email address under account details. If you do this, you'll get an email from blizzard at whatever email address you switched it to asking you to click the link to confirm it, and when you do that, it'll be set.

I don't know how helpful this will be, but at least the hackers won't have your login name anymore. If you have an authenticator, you might also want to set it so that you have to enter it in every time you log into the game, just to be safe.


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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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And this is why i thought Battlenet. was a bad idea lol

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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One other thing about the recent security breech at Blizzard: Be sure the person you talk with on Real ID is really the person you know and not a hacker. I had that come up tonight when someone I know, but hasn't played in 2 months, suddenly logged in and asked me to "do him a favor" by getting him some gold from my guild's bank. When I pressed him/her/it to log into vent and verify who they were, they suddenly got quiet, de-friended me, and now my friend's toon is naked on the armory pages. Just a word of warning. No idea if it's related to the breeches or coincidence, but can't be too careful :)


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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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I already do have my auth ask every time. :) I guess I'll get to changing some stuff later today.

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 Post subject: Re: Battle.net security breach
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Why does Blizzard limit the password to a meager 16 characters? I want a much longer password darn it!

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