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Didn't get personal info? email addresses, question and answer info counts as personal information in my book (also I understand that the Q&A stuff was not encrypted).Well it certainly could be worse. The stuff is encrypted with *waves finger* whatever that srp rsp thing is they use and they didn't get any personal info.
Not saying this is good and that blizz did good here, but nothing -really- rage worthy.
Couldn't really say, never worked in a multibillion dollar company security department
I actually blame both the hackers and the companies involved. The way corps handle our personal data is shocking.
Yep.
Hackers are a fact of life. Billion-dollar corporations have a duty of care to ensure that their systems are secure.
Banks do a great job of securing their customer data. There's no reason why we shouldn't expect other companies to have lesser standards.
Those that fail deserve a horrid roasting for doing a piss-poor job of protecting their customers. Also, the bigger the corporation and the more resources they have available to create a secure network, the worse the offence...
Not to defend Blizzard, but bank level security with physical pin delivery and all that malarky, just isn't a practical or economic possibility for most businesses
I might be wrong but dont blizzard also charge people for things like the mobile auth stuff?
It's odd, but why do they hold all these details, surely the only things they should really have is your log in details, and that's about it - why don't they just process the subscription payment, then delete your information, just to protect their own backs?
That way if they did get hacked, it was only your game account under threat, not your bank details, or are people too addicted to convenience?
Oh yeah, - Auto-renewal... Making money off forgetful people
It's odd, but why do they hold all these details, surely the only things they should really have is your log in details, and that's about it - why don't they just process the subscription payment, then delete your information, just to protect their own backs?
That way if they did get hacked, it was only your game account under threat, not your bank details, or are people too addicted to convenience?
Oh yeah, - Auto-renewal... Making money off forgetful people
Blame Steam for having such a service instead....