# Blizzard Hacked

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 10, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023 "2012-08-10T00:59:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/1 "2012-08-10T00:59:40Z")

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I don’t mean “some guy who plays a Blizzard game was hacked”. I mean, “Blizzard’s internal network was compromised”.

See here: [http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/securityupdate.html](http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/securityupdate.html)

I think it’s ironic that this doesn’t affect my old Diablo 2 characters in the slightest (since they are all offline, on my harddrive). But if I had ever played Diablo 3, which was online-only in part for “security” reasons, then I would have at least some cause to worry.

On the plus side, at least the passwords that got stolen were hashed. This might turn out to be more embarrassing than anything.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/2 "2012-08-10T01:06:11Z")

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Huh. Maybe they should use authenticators. Because SecurId won’t get hacked… again.

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/3 "2012-08-10T02:36:29Z")

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It has come to my attention that BattleNet passwords are not case-sensitive. This will make decrypting the hashes significantly easier. Not good.

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**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/4 "2012-08-10T03:17:35Z")

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Ah, yet another reason to give up on this game.

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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/5 "2012-08-10T03:24:00Z")

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And give up on …

> [@](#):
>
> 302-DIRECT-MEDIA-ASN  
> 8e6 Technologies, Inc.  
> AAPT AAPT Limited  
> ABBOTT Abbot Labs  
> ABOVENET-CUSTOMER – Abovenet Communications, Inc  
> ACCNETWORKS – Advanced Computer Connections  
> ACEDATACENTERS-AS-1 – Ace Data Centers, Inc.  
> ACSEAST – ACS Inc.  
> ACS-INTERNET – Affiliated Computer Services  
> ACS-INTERNET – Armstrong Cable Services  
> ADELPHIA-AS – Road Runner HoldCo LLC  
> Administracion Nacional de Telecomunicaciones  
> AERO-NET – The Aerospace Corporation  
> AHP – WYETH-AYERST/AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS  
> AIRLOGIC – Digital Magicians, Inc.  
> AIRTELBROADBAND-AS-AP Bharti Airtel Ltd., Telemedia Services  
> AIS-WEST – American Internet Services, LLC.  
> AKADO-STOLITSA-AS _AKADO-Stolitsa_ JSC  
> ALCANET Corporate ALCANET Access  
> ALCANET-DE-AS Alcanet International Deutschland GmbH  
> ALCATEL-NA – Alcanet International NA  
> ALCHEMYNET – Alchemy Communications, Inc.  
> Alestra, S. de R.L. de C.V.  
> ALLIANCE-GATEWAY-AS-AP Alliance Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd.,Alliance Gateway AS,Broadband Services Provider,Kolkata,India  
> ALMAZAYA Almazaya gateway L.L.C  
> AMAZON-AES – [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com), Inc.  
> AMERITECH-AS – AT&T Services, Inc.  
> AMNET-AU-AP Amnet IT Services Pty Ltd  
> ANITEX-AS Anitex Autonomus System  
> AOL-ATDN – AOL Transit Data Network  
> API-DIGITAL – API Digital Communications Group, LLC  
> APOLLO-AS LATTELEKOM-APOLLO  
> APOLLO-GROUP-INC – University of Phoenix  
> APT-AP AS  
> ARLINGTONVA – Arlington County Government
> 
> ARMENTEL Armenia Telephone Company  
> AS INFONET  
> AS3215 France Telecom – Orange  
> AS3602-RTI – Rogers Cable Communications Inc.  
> AS4196 – Wells Fargo & Company  
> AS702 Verizon Business EMEA – Commercial IP service provider in Europe  
> ASATTCA AT&T Global Network Services – AP  
> ASC-NET – Alabama Supercomputer Network  
> ASDANIS DANIS SRL  
> ASGARR GARR Italian academic and research network  
> ASIAINFO-AS-AP ASIA INFONET Co.,Ltd./ TRUE INTERNET Co.,Ltd.  
> ASIANDEVBANK – Asian Development Bank  
> ASN852 – Telus Advanced Communications  
> AS-NLAYER – nLayer Communications, Inc.  
> ASTOUND-CABLE – Wave Broadband, LLC  
> AT&T Global Network Services – EMEA  
> AT&T US  
> ATMAN ATMAN Autonomous System  
> ATOMNET ATOM SA  
> ATOS-AS ATOS Origin Infogerance Autonomous System  
> ATT-INTERNET4 – AT&T Services, Inc.  
> AUGERE-AS-AP Augere Wireless Broadband Bangladesh Limited  
> AVAYA AVAYA  
> AVENUE-AS Physical person-businessman Kuprienko Victor Victorovich  
> AXAUTSYS ARAX I.S.P.  
> BACOM – Bell Canada  
> BAHNHOF Bahnhof AB  
> BALTKOM-AS SIA _Baltkom TV SIA_  
> BANGLALINK-AS an Orascom Telecom Company, providing GSM service in Bangladesh  
> BANGLALION-WIMAX-BD Silver Tower (16 & 18th Floor)  
> BANKINFORM-AS Ukraine  
> BASEFARM-ASN Basefarm AS. Oslo – Norway  
> BBIL-AP BHARTI Airtel Ltd.  
> BBN Bredbaand Nord I/S  
> BC-CLOUD-SERVICES  
> BEAMTELE-AS-AP Beam Telecom Pvt Ltd  
> BEE-AS JSC _VimpelCom_  
> BELINFONET Belinfonet Autonomus System, Minsk, Belarus  
> BELLSOUTH-NET-BLK – [BellSouth.net](http://BellSouth.net) Inc.  
> BELPAK-AS BELPAK  
> BELWUE Landeshochschulnetz Baden-Wuerttemberg (BelWue)  
> BENCHMARK-ELECTRONICS – Benchmark Electronics Inc.  
> BEND-BROADBAND – Bend Cable Communications, LLC  
> BEZEQ-INTERNATIONAL-AS Bezeqint Internet Backbone  
> BIGNET-AS-ID Elka Prakarsa Utama, PT  
> BLUEWIN-AS Swisscom (Schweiz) AG  
> BM-AS-ID PT. Broadband Multimedia, Tbk  
> BN-AS Business network j.v.  
> BNSF-AS – Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway Corp  
> BNT-NETWORK-ACCESS – Biz Net Technologies  
> BORNET Boras Energi Nat AB  
> BREEZE-NETWORK TOV TRK _Briz_  
> BSC-CORP – Boston Scientific Corporation  
> BSKYB-BROADBAND-AS BSkyB Broadband  
> BSNL-NIB National Internet Backbone  
> BT BT European Backbone  
> BT-ITALIA BT Italia S.p.A.  
> BTN-ASN – Beyond The Network America, Inc.  
> BTTB-AS-AP Telecom Operator & Internet Service Provider as well  
> BT-UK-AS BTnet UK Regional network  
> CABLECOM Cablecom GmbH  
> CABLE-NET-1 – Cablevision Systems Corp.  
> CABLEONE – CABLE ONE, INC.  
> CABLEVISION S.A.  
> CACHEFLOW-AS – Bluecoat Systems, Inc.  
> CANET-ASN-4 – Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Inc.  
> CANTV Servicios, Venezuela  
> CAPEQUILOG – CapEquiLog  
> CARAVAN CJSC Caravan-Telecom  
> CARRIER-NET – Carrier Net  
> CATCHCOM Ventelo  
> CCCH-3 – Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc  
> CDAGOVN – Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services  
> CDS-AS Cifrovye Dispetcherskie Sistemy  
> CDT-AS CD-Telematika a.s.  
> CE-BGPAC – Covenant Eyes, Inc.  
> CELLCO-PART – Cellco Partnership DBA Verizon Wireless  
> CENSUSBUREAU – U. S. Bureau of the Census  
> CERNET-ASN-BLOCK – California Education and Research Federation Network  
> CERT – Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) – Coordination Center  
> CGINET-01 – CGI Inc  
> CHARLES-SCHWAB – Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.  
> CHARTER-NET-HKY-NC – Charter Communications  
> CHINA169-BACKBONE CNCGROUP China169 Backbone  
> CHINA169-BJ CNCGROUP IP network China169 Beijing Province Network  
> CHINA169-GZ China Unicom IP network China169 Guangdong province  
> CHINANET-BACKBONE No.31,Jin-rong Street  
> CHINANET-IDC-BJ-AP IDC, China Telecommunications Corporation  
> CHINANET-SH-AP China Telecom (Group)  
> CIPHERKEY – Cipherkey Exchange Corp.  
> CISCO-EU-109 Cisco Systems Global ASN – ARIN Assigned  
> CITEC-AU-AP QLD Government Business (IT)  
> CITelecom-AS  
> CITYNET – CityNet  
> CLARANET-AS ClaraNET  
> CLIX-NZ TelstraClear Ltd  
> CMCS – Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.  
> CMNET-BEIJING-AP China Mobile Communicaitons Corporation  
> CMNET-GD Guangdong Mobile Communication Co.Ltd.  
> CMNET-V4SHANDONG-AS-AP Shandong Mobile Communication Company Limited  
> CNCGROUP-GZ CNCGROUP IP network of GuangZhou region MAN network  
> CNCGROUP-SH China Unicom Shanghai network  
> CNIX-AP China Networks Inter-Exchange  
> CNNIC-DSNET-AP Shanghai Data Solution Co., Ltd.  
> CNNIC-WASU-AP WASU TV & Communication Holding Co.,Ltd.  
> CO-2COM-AS 2COM Co ltd.  
> COGECOWAVE – Cogeco Cable  
> COGENT Cogent/PSI  
> COLO4 – Colo4Dallas LP  
> COLOMBIA TELECOMUNICACIONES S.A. ESP  
> COLT COLT Technology Services Group Limited  
> COLUMBUS-NETWORKS – Columbus Networks USA, Inc.  
> COMCAST-33490 – Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.  
> COMCAST-33491 – Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.  
> COMCAST-36732 – Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.  
> COMCAST-7015 – Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc  
> COMCAST-7725 – Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc  
> COMCAST-HOUSTON – Comcast – Houston  
> COMHEM-SWEDEN Com Hem Sweden  
> COMNET-TH KSC Commercial Internet Co. Ltd.  
> Completel Autonomous System in France  
> COMSAT COLOMBIA  
> COMSTAR COMSTAR-Direct global network  
> CORBINA-AS Corbina Telecom  
> COVAD – Covad Communications Co.  
> CPMBLUE-AS-BD CPM BLUE ONLINE LTD.Transit AS Internet Service Provider, Dhaka  
> CRRSTV – CRRS-TV  
> CSC Computer Management and CSC Denmark  
> CSC-IGN-AUNZ-AP Computer Sciences Corporation  
> CSC-IGN-EMEA – Computer Sciences Corporation  
> CSC-IGN-FTW – Computer Sciences Corporation  
> CSLOXINFO-AS-AP CS LOXINFO PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED  
> CSP-AS CSP  
> CSUNET-NW – California State University Network  
> CSXT-AS-1 – CSX Technology  
> CTIHK-AS-AP City Telecom (H.K.) Ltd.  
> CTS-MD I.S. Centrul de Telecomunicatii Speciale  
> CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDC – Cox Communications Inc.  
> CYBERVERSE – Cyberverse, Inc.  
> CYPRESS-SEMICONDUCTOR – Cypress Semiconductor  
> CYTA-NETWORK Cyprus Telecommunications Authority  
> DARLICS-AS Darlics ltd. provides IP transport and Internet  
> DATAGRUPA SIA _Datagrupa.lv_ Marijas 7 – 412a Riga, LV-1050, LATVIA  
> DCI-AS DCI Autonomous System  
> DECHO – Decho Corporation  
> DFINET DFi Service SA  
> DHL-AS DHL Systems Inc.  
> DHSINETNOC – DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY  
> DIGCOMM Digital communications, LTD  
> DIGITAL-TELEPORT – Digital Teleport Inc.  
> DIL-AP DIRECT INTERNET LTD.  
> DIN-AS TOMSKTELECOM AS  
> DINAS-AS PE Kuznetsova Viktoria Viktorovna  
> DINET-AS Digital Network JSC  
> Diveo do Brasil Telecomunicacoes Ltda  
> DK-ESS-AS Syd Energi Bredbaand A/S  
> DMSLABNET – DoD Network Information Center  
> DNC-AS IM Data Network Communication SRL  
> DNEO-OSP7 – Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.  
> DNIC-ASBLK-00721-00726 – DoD Network Information Center  
> DNIC-ASBLK-27032-27159 – DoD Network Information Center  
> DOGAN-ONLINE Dogan Iletisim Elektronik Servis Hizmetleri  
> DOMAINFACTORY domainfactory GmbH  
> DOMAINTOOLS – DomainTools, LLC  
> DONTELE-AS Telenet LLC  
> DOPC-AS  
> DOPC-AS-NGN  
> DOPC-AS-US  
> DREAMHOST-AS – New Dream Network, LLC  
> DREAMX-AS DREAMLINE CO.  
> DRWEB-AS Doctor Web Ltd  
> DSE-VIC-GOV-AS Department of Sustainability & Environment,  
> DSIJSC-AS DSI Autonomous system  
> DSLEXTREME – DSL Extreme  
> DTAG Deutsche Telekom AG  
> DWL-AS-IN Dishnet Wireless Limited. Broadband Wireless  
> DYNDNS – Dynamic Network Services, Inc.  
> EASYDNS EasyDNS Technologies, Inc.  
> EASYNET Easynet Global Services  
> EBAY – eBay, Inc  
> ECI-TELECOM-LTD ECI Telecom-Ltd.  
> EDGECAST – EdgeCast Networks, Inc.  
> EIRCOM Eircom  
> ELISA-AS Elisa Oyj  
> EMBARQ-WNPK – Embarq Corporation  
> EMBIT-AS BURTILA & Co. ELECTRON M.BIT SRL  
> EMC-AS12257 – EMC Corporation  
> EMCATEL  
> EMIRATES-INTERNET Emirates Internet  
> EMOBILE eMobile Ltd.  
> ENTEL CHILE S.A.  
> EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A. E.S.P.  
> EQUANT-ASIA Equant AS for Asian Region covering Japan  
> EQUINIX-EDMA-ASH-ASN – Equinix, Inc.  
> ERICSSON-APAC-MY-AS Ericsson Global Services. BUGS N&V APAC  
> ERX-SINGNET SingNet  
> ESRI – Environmental Systems Research Institute  
> ESS-PR-WEBMASTERS – ESS/PR WebMasters  
> EthioNet-AS  
> ETISALAT-MISR  
> ETPI-IDS-AS-AP Eastern Telecoms Phils., Inc.  
> ETSI Autonomous System  
> EURONET Online Breedband B.V. Global AS  
> European Space Agency  
> EUSKALTEL Euskaltel S.A.  
> EXCELL-AS Excellmedia  
> EXIM – Export Import Bank of the U.S  
> FACEBOOK – Facebook, Inc.  
> FANNIEMAE – Fannie Mae  
> FasoNet-AS  
> FASTMETRICS – Fastmetrics, LLC  
> FAST-TELCO Fast Telecommunications Company W.L.L.  
> FASTWEB Fastweb SpA  
> FAWRI-AS  
> FDA – Parklawn Computer Center / DIMES HQ  
> FIBREONE-AS fibre one networks GmbH, Duesseldorf  
> FITC-AS – FITC – FedEx International Transmission Corporation  
> FMAC-I-BILLING – Freddie Mac  
> FMI-NET-AS – Freeport-McMoran Inc.  
> FORATEC-AS Foratec Communication AS at Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Perm regions  
> FORTINET-CANADA – Fortinet Inc.  
> FPT-AS-AP The Corporation for Financing & Promoting Technology  
> FRONTIER-AND-CITIZENS – Frontier Communications of America, Inc.  
> FRONTIER-FRTR – Frontier Communications of America, Inc.  
> FR-RENATER Reseau National de telecommunications pour la Technologie  
> FULLRATE Fullrate A/S  
> FX-PRIMARY-AS FX Networks Limited  
> GBLX Global Crossing Ltd.  
> GET-NO GET Norway  
> GHANATEL-AS  
> GIGAINFRA Softbank BB Corp.  
> GLOBAL-SPLK – Sprint International  
> GLOBE-TELECOM-AS Globe Telecoms  
> GOLDENLINES-ASN 012 Smile Communications Main Autonomous System  
> GOLDENTELECOM-UKRAINE Golden Telecom  
> GOOGLE – Google Inc.  
> GRAMEENPHONE-AS-AP GrameenPhone Ltd.  
> GSA-GOV – General Services Administration  
> GT-BELL – Bell Canada  
> Gtd Internet S.A.  
> GYRON ====  
> H3G-AS H3G S.p.A.  
> H3GUKNIE Hutchison 3G UK and Ireland Core AS  
> HANARO-AS Hanaro Telecom Inc.  
> HATHWAY-NET-AP Hathway IP Over Cable Internet  
> HETZNER-AS Hetzner Online AG RZ  
> HHES – HAMILTON HYDRO ELECTRIC SYSTEM  
> HINET Data Communication Business Group  
> HKNET-AP HKNet Co. Ltd  
> HKTIMS-AP PCCW Limited  
> HNS-DIRECPC – Hughes Network Systems  
> HOPONE-GLOBAL – HopOne Internet Corporation  
> HOSTEUROPE-AS AS of Hosteurope Germany / Cologne  
> HP-INTERNET-AS Hewlett-Packard Company  
> HTCL-IAS-HK-AP Hutchison Telephone Company Limited  
> HTIL-TTML-IN-AP Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd  
> HURRICANE – Hurricane Electric, Inc.  
> HUTCHISON-AS-AP Hutchison Global Communications  
> HUTCHVAS-AS Vodafone Essar Ltd., Telecommunication – Value Added Services,  
> IADB-NETWORKS – The Inter-American Development Bank  
> IAM-AS  
> IBM E-business Hosting Delivery  
> IBMCCH-RTP – IBM  
> IBMCCH-SBY – IBM  
> IBMDES-AS – IBM Dallas Engineering & Scientific  
> IBSNAZ Telecom Italia S.p.a.  
> IBURST-GH  
> ICONNECT-BD Planners Tower  
> IDK-NETWORK CJSC Interdnestrcom AS  
> IEUNET BT Ireland Backbone  
> IFX-NW – IFX Communication Ventures, Inc.  
> IHNET – IHNetworks, LLC  
> IINET iiNet Limited  
> IJ-NET – Internet Junction Corp.  
> ILX-ASN – THOMSON FINANCIAL  
> IN2CABLE-AP AS Number of [In2cable.com](http://In2cable.com) (India) Ltd.  
> INDONET-AS-AP INDO Internet, PT  
> INDOSATM2-ID INDOSATM2 ASN  
> INEA-AS INEA S.A.  
> INET-AS-ID PT. Inet Global Indo  
> INETCOMM-AS INET LTD  
> I-NETPARTNER-AS I-NetPartner GmbH ASN  
> INETTEHNO Inet Tehno  
> INFINEON-AS Infineon AG  
> INFINEON-SG 8 Kallang Sector  
> INFLOW19294 – Inflow Inc.  
> INFOSPHERE NTT PC Communications, Inc.  
> INFOSTRADA Infostrada S.p.A.  
> INIT7 Init7 Global Backbone  
> INS-AS – AT&T Data Communications Services  
> Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad y Telecom.  
> Instituto Tecnol??gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey  
> INTEGRATELECOM – Integra Telecom, Inc.  
> INTELSAT Intelsat Global BGP Routing Policy  
> INTEL-SC-AS – Intel Corporation  
> INTERNAP-2BLK – Internap Network Services Corporation  
> INTERNAP-BLK – Internap Network Services Corporation  
> INTERNAP-BLK – Internap Network Services Corporation  
> INTERNAP-BLK3 – Internap Network Services Corporation  
> INTERNAP-BLOCK-4 – Internap Network Services Corporation  
> INTERNETIA-AS Netia SA  
> INTERNET-PATH – Internet Path, Inc.  
> INTERNET-PRO-AS Internet-Pro Ltd  
> INTEROUTE Interoute Communications Ltd  
> INTERPHONE-AS Interphone Ltd.  
> INTERTELECOM Intertelecom  
> IPASAULE-AS _Interneta Pasaule_ SIA  
> IPG-AS-AP Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company  
> IPGOMA – THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.  
> IPNXng  
> IPO-EU IP-Only Telecommunication Networks AB  
> IQUEST-AS – IQuest Internet  
> IRONPORT-SYSTEMS-INC – Cisco Systems Ironport Division  
> IRS – Internal Revenue Service  
> IS  
> ISC-AS1280 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.  
> ISKON ISKON INTERNET d.d. za informatiku i telekomunikacije  
> ISKRATELECOM-AS ISKRATELECOM ZAO  
> ISP-KIM-NET Kalush Information Network LTD  
> ISSC-AS – ISSC  
> ISW – Internet Specialties West Inc.  
> ITNS ITNS. NET SRL  
> ITSCOM its communications Inc.  
> JAWWAL Jawwal will be multihoming with us AS15975 and AS12975  
> JAZZNET Jazz Telecom S.A.  
> Jordan Data Communications Company LLC  
> JUNIPER-NETWORKS – Juniper Networks, Inc.  
> KABELBW-ASN Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH & Co. KG  
> KAISER-NCAL – Kaiser Foundation Health Plan  
> KAMOPOWER – KAMO Electric Cooperative, Inc.  
> KAZTELECOM-AS JSC Kazakhtelecom  
> KHERSON-TS Kherson Telecommunication Systems Ltd.  
> KIXS-AS-KR Korea Telecom  
> K-OPTICOM K-Opticom Corporation  
> KSNET KSNet  
> KSNET-AS Kyivstar GSM  
> KVH KVH Co.,Ltd  
> LANTELECOM-AS Lan-Telecom AS Number  
> LATISYS-ASHBURN – Latisys-Ashburn, LLC  
> LATNETSERVISS-AS LATNET ISP  
> LDCOMNET NEUF CEGETEL (formerly LDCOM NETWORKS)  
> LEASEWEB LEASEWEB AS  
> LEVEL3 Level 3 Communications  
> LGCNS-AS – LG CNS America Inc.  
> LGDACOM LG DACOM Corporation  
> LGH-AS-KR LGHitachi  
> LGNET-AS-KR LG CNS  
> LINKdotNET-AS  
> LINKLINE – LinkLINE Communications, Inc.  
> LINKNET-ID-AP Linknet ASN  
> LOQAL-AS Loqal AS  
> LUCENT-CIO – Lucent Technologies Inc.  
> LUGANET-AS ARTA Ltd  
> LVBALTICOM-AS _Balticom_ JSC  
> LVLT594-598 – Level 3 Communications, Inc.  
> LYSE-AS Altibox AS  
> MAGNUS-AS TOV _Magnus Limited_  
> MANGOTELESERVICE-AS-BD Only private Owned IIG in Bangladesh  
> MAP Moscow Network Access Point  
> MASERGY-US Masergy US Autonomous System  
> MASSCOM – Massillon Cable Communications  
> MAXIS-AS1-AP Binariang Berhad  
> MBL-AS-AP Micronet Broadband (Pvt) Ltd.  
> MCAFEE – McAfee, Inc.  
> MCAFEE-COM – McAfee, Inc.  
> MCC OJSC _Moscow Cellular Communications_,  
> MCI-ASN – MCI  
> MCT-SYDNEY Macquarie Telecom  
> MDITNET-AS ITNET (ITPAY SRL)  
> MEDIASERV-AS Mediaserv  
> Mega Cable, S.A. de C.V.  
> MEGAPATH2-US – MegaPath Networks Inc.  
> METROTEL REDES S.A.  
> MF-KAVKAZ-AS Caucasus Branch of OJSC MegaFon AS  
> MF-NWGSM-AS North-West Branch of OJSC MegaFon Network  
> MFNX MFN – Metromedia Fiber Network  
> MICRON21-AS-AU-AP Micron21 Melbourne Australia Datacentre. Co-Location Dedicated Servers Web Hosting  
> MICROSOFT-CORP-AS – Microsoft Corp  
> MICROSOFT-CORP—MSN-AS-BLOCK – Microsoft Corp  
> MISD-NET – Macomb Intermediate School District  
> MIT-GATEWAYS – Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
> MOLDCELL\_AS Moldcell SA Autonomous System  
> MOLDDATA-AS Administrator of the top level domain .MD,  
> MOLDTELECOM-AS Moldtelecom Autonomous System  
> MORENET – University of Missouri – dba the Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet)  
> MOTOROLA – Motorola, Inc.  
> MOTOROLA-PHX – Motorola, Inc.  
> MP-ELEKTRONIKA-AS MP ELEKTRONIKA Autonomous System  
> MPX-AS Microplex PTY LTD  
> MTNL-AP Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.  
> MTS-INDIA-IN 334,Udyog Vihar  
> MTSNET OJSC _Mobile TeleSystems_ Autonomous System  
> N9E7X5E3N1I2N4C – Nexen Inc.  
> NAWALA-AS-ID Asosiasi Warung Internet Indonesia (AWARI)  
> NAWRAS-AS Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC  
> NBLNETWORKS-AS Nebula Oy Autonomous System  
> NC-FUNB-AS – WACHOVIA CORP  
> NCNET-AS National Cable Networks  
> NEOLINK CJSC _ER-Telecom Holding_ Izhevsk branch  
> NERIM Nerim SAS  
> NET-ACCESS-CORP – Net Access Corporation  
> NET-AIG – American International Group (AIG) Data Center, Inc.  
> NETCOM-AS NetCom as Autonomous system  
> NETELLIGENT – Netelligent Hosting Services Inc.  
> NEWCOM-AS NEWCOM mirror object from ARIN  
> NEWCOM-ASN New Com Telecomunicatii SA  
> NEWEDGENETS – New Edge Networks  
> NEWSKIES-NETWORKS SES WORLD SKIES ARIN AS, for routing RIPE space.  
> NEWTT-IP-AP Wharf T&T Ltd.  
> NEXTGENTEL NEXTGENTEL Autonomous System  
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> SOFTNET-AS-AP Software Technology Parks of India – Bangalore  
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> SPECTRANET FIRST FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK IN NEW DELHI, INDIA  
> Sprint US  
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> STARNET-AS StarNet Moldova  
> STATEL-AS Stavropol branch of Southern Telecommunications Company  
> STEADFAST – Steadfast Networks  
> STOMI – State of Michigan, DMB-CNOC  
> STSN-SLC-UT-US – STSN GENERAL HOLDINGS, INC.  
> SUDDENLINK-COMMUNICATIONS – Suddenlink Communications  
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> SUPERNET-PAKISTAN-AS-AP Supernet Limited Transit Autonomous System Number  
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> SWEETNET-AS Private entrepreneur Bliznichenko Vitalij Volodumirovich  
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> TATA-AS TATA ISP  
> TATACOMM-AS TATA Communications formerly VSNL is Leading ISP  
> TATTELECOM-AS [Tattelecom.ru/Tattelecom](http://Tattelecom.ru/Tattelecom) Autonomous System  
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> TDDE-ASN1 Telefonica o2 Germany Autonomous System  
> TDN Tikona Digital Networks Pvt Ltd.  
> TEAM-CYMRU – Team Cymru Inc.  
> TE-AS TE-AS  
> TELCOMNET TelCom Ltd.  
> TELCOM-UA-AS _Telecomunikatsiina Companiya_ Ltd  
> TELE2  
> Telecom Argentina S.A.  
> TELECOMMD-AS ICS Networks Solutions SRL  
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> TELEFONICA CHILE S.A.  
> Telefonica de Argentina  
> Telefonica Empresas SA  
> TELEFONICA-DATA-ESPANA Internet Access Network of TDE  
> TELEKOM-AS TELEKOM SRBIJA a.d.  
> TELENERGO EXATEL S.A. Autonomous System  
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> TELENOR-NEXTEL Telenor Norge AS  
> TELESC – Telecomunicacoes de Santa Catarina SA  
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> TELETECH – TeleTech Holdings, Inc  
> Television Internacional, S.A. de C.V.  
> TELEZUG WWZ Telekom AG  
> TELIANET-DENMARK TeliaNet Denmark  
> TELIANET-SWEDEN TeliaNet Sweden  
> TELKOMNET-AS2-AP PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia

> **[Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers? – Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/10/who-else-was-hit-by-the-rsa-attackers/)**
>
> The data breach disclosed in March by security firm RSA received worldwide attention because it highlighted the challenges that organizations face in detecting and blocking intrusions from targeted cyber attacks. What's more, the subtext of the...

And that is just a small portion 🙂 Yeah, good to know so [Battle.net](http://Battle.net) users can be aware and change passwords and be cautious. But to act like this is something new or not expected in this day and age is rather naive.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/6 "2012-08-10T04:14:27Z")

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> [@RyJae](#):
>
> And give up on …
> 
> [Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers? – Krebs on Security](http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/10/who-else-was-hit-by-the-rsa-attackers/)
> 
> And that is just a small portion 🙂 Yeah, good to know so [Battle.net](http://Battle.net) users can be aware and change passwords and be cautious. But to act like this is something new or not expected in this day and age is rather naive.

You do understand the implication of my use of the word “another,” right?

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/7 "2012-08-10T13:32:31Z")

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> [@RyJae](#):
>
> And give up on …
> 
> [Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers? – Krebs on Security](http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/10/who-else-was-hit-by-the-rsa-attackers/)
> 
> And that is just a small portion 🙂 Yeah, good to know so [Battle.net](http://Battle.net) users can be aware and change passwords and be cautious. But to act like this is something new or not expected in this day and age is rather naive.

I don’t _need_ a game whereas I might need some of this other stuff. But he did say “another” - there’s plenty of reasons not to play Diablo3.

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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/8 "2012-08-10T15:03:55Z")

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Oh I agree, plenty of reasons not to play any Blizzard game. Or any other game you don’t enjoy. The problem with this hack I am seeing all over the internet, is people making it like Blizzard has shoddy security, or only Blizzard suffers at the hands of hackers.

Really this should be marked up as another hack not a checkmark against Blizzard. At least the passwords where encrypted. No one is immune as lulzsec/anonymous have shown time and time again.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/9 "2012-08-10T16:27:34Z")

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Wait Amazon was on that list…they were hacked? When?

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/10 "2012-08-10T17:15:21Z")

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I changed my [battle.net](http://battle.net) password, but from what I could dig up, you can’t change your security question online. Anyone else know how it can be done?

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/11 "2012-08-10T19:23:22Z")

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The reason this _should_ be a checkmark against Blizzard is that they justified their always-online system in part on its security. There are at least thousands, and possibly millions, of people who would be either _not_ affected by this, or _less_ affected by this if Blizzard did not require a BattleNet account to play Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2.

You can’t blame a town for having crime, but you can blame them for making it a requirement to live in the ghetto. (Oh! For the days of the gated-LAN-community!)

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**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/12 "2012-08-10T19:31:09Z")

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> [@Lips\_Obsession](#):
>
> I changed my [battle.net](http://battle.net) password, but from what I could dig up, you can’t change your security question online. Anyone else know how it can be done?

Over the next few days they said they are going to implement a method for changing that.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/13 "2012-08-10T19:34:38Z")

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> [@BlackKnight](#):
>
> The reason this _should_ be a checkmark against Blizzard is that they justified their always-online system in part on its security. There are at least thousands, and possibly millions, of people who would be either _not_ affected by this, or _less_ affected by this if Blizzard did not require a BattleNet account to play Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2.
> 
> You can’t blame a town for having crime, but you can blame them for making it a requirement to live in the ghetto. (Oh! For the days of the gated-LAN-community!)

They justified it as a method of DRM that is the checkmark, not the hack. Always online is the future of gaming, we cannot change that. If always online, or random online checks went away I would be very happy, but they are not going away so I accept them as a nuisance I will live with to play a game I want to play. Others feel different and I understand that and support them in their valiant struggle against the machine.

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**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/14 "2012-08-10T22:57:01Z")

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> [@RyJae](#):
>
> And give up on …
> 
> [Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers? – Krebs on Security](http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/10/who-else-was-hit-by-the-rsa-attackers/)
> 
> And that is just a small portion 🙂 Yeah, good to know so [Battle.net](http://Battle.net) users can be aware and change passwords and be cautious. But to act like this is something new or not expected in this day and age is rather naive.

Oh my god, Kalush Information Network LTD is on there! :eek: How will I live? How will I love again??

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**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/15 "2012-08-11T00:53:36Z")

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> [@RyJae](#):
>
> They justified it as a method of DRM that is the checkmark, not the hack. Always online is the future of gaming, we cannot change that.

Actually, it took forever for Blizzard to acknowledge that it was DRM at all. Their public line (that fooled no one, of course) was that it was all for the good of the playerbase.

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/16 "2012-08-11T05:29:31Z")

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> [@RyJae](#):
>
> Oh I agree, plenty of reasons not to play any Blizzard game. Or any other game you don’t enjoy. The problem with this hack I am seeing all over the internet, is people making it like Blizzard has shoddy security, or only Blizzard suffers at the hands of hackers.
> 
> Really this should be marked up as another hack not a checkmark against Blizzard. At least the passwords where encrypted. No one is immune as lulzsec/anonymous have shown time and time again.

I’m really not at all hacked off (heh) at Blizzard about this; I recognize it’s a risk for any online entity and I think they do make a credible effort to protect against hacking, game fraud, etc., and they generally respond promptly to any issues. I don’t make financial transactions with them through their online portal, so the only thing at risk is my game identity and the dubious sanctity of my email address. My decision to play or not play D3 has nothing to do with this episode, but it does add to the feeling of “This game is becoming too much like work.”

If Blizzard ever does fix the gameplay issues and make the game actually fun to play, I wouldn’t let fear of hackers stop me from playing it again.

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**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/17 "2012-08-11T07:30:37Z")

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Yeah hacking is just life these days.

But DRM that interferes with gameplay to the level this does is not par for the course as far as Im concerned.

Otara

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**Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/18 "2012-08-11T19:33:42Z")

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The one thing that bugged me was that they said that no customer financial information was in the compromised data. Except that, given the existence of the Real Money Auction House, customer login passwords _are_ financial information. I’m not too worried about this case since the passwords were hashed, but I think that they still haven’t quite realized all of the full implications of having the RMAH.

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/19 "2012-08-15T12:17:18Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
>
> The one thing that bugged me was that they said that no customer financial information was in the compromised data. Except that, given the existence of the Real Money Auction House, customer login passwords _are_ financial information. I’m not too worried about this case since the passwords were hashed, but I think that they still haven’t quite realized all of the full implications of having the RMAH.

How much good are hashed passwords if your password is insecure? I’m really asking here, I don’t know. But surely there’s a reason insecure passwords are considered bad, and it obviously can’t be because people will brute force your account, since that’s easy to stop.

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-hacked/631023/20 "2012-08-15T12:42:58Z")

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I think the reason it is good they are hashed is they cannot be done in bulk. A hacker would have to go password by password which would take an obscene amount of time iirc.

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