Although the publisher does admit that a very small number of accounts on Battle.net and Blizzard’s own servers have been compromised.
Earlier in the week reports had emerged that hackers had attacked Diablo 3 servers, as well as the ones run by Battle.net and compromised a large number of user accounts. With the Sony PlayStation Network hacking scandal still etched in every gamer’s mind,
everyone expected the worst.
However, it seems that there is no reason to be alarmed as Blizzard, after investigating the situation released the following statement:
"First and foremost, we want to make it clear that the Battle.net and Diablo III servers have not been compromised."
The statement went on to continue explaining that the number of complaints had also been negligible. It read: "In addition, the number of Diablo III players who've contacted customer service to report a potential compromise of their personal account has
been extremely small," it adds.
The studio carried out a number of test and used various checks in order to ensure that user data had not been compromised and according to them they have found no proof of an attack, at least in terms of the more traditional methods of hacking.
"In all of the individual Diablo III-related compromise cases we've investigated, none have occurred after a physical Battle.net Authenticator or Battle.net Mobile Authenticator app was attached to the player's account, and we have yet to find any situation
where a Diablo III player's account was accessed outside of "traditional" compromise methods.”
As for someone wondering what the ‘traditional’ method of hacking is, www.dbuz.com is on hand to explain. Basically, the traditional method deals with an unauthorised user logging into an account straight up with the email ID and password of the user
to whom the account belongs.
So in that respect, Blizzard has not found any evidence to show that this technique was used, however, the studio does admit that hackers could have compromised their servers using less traditional means. For more on that story read on in the next part of
this article, the link for which can be found by clicking Part 2 below.
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