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[Kylearan]

Hi,

Is it really so implausible that Blizzard would lie about something like that? They sell the game, and they sell the authenticator (at least I think they do?), so they have to lose a lot here. Many other companies that got hacked in the past tried to cover up the event, and only admitted it after proof became undeniable.

I think it's very implausible. It's simply not something Blizzard would want to risk their reputation on.

They *should* not risk their reputation on that, I agree. However, this is true for many companies and yet, many (or some) companies still stupidly try to cover up security breaches. So just because we think they *should* not do this, I wouldn't jump to the conclusion they really won't do it.

However, in this case:

When the authenticators were gotten around with a man-in-the-middle attack a few years ago, they disclosed it. In 2001, when B.net got hacked, they disclosed it. They also sell the authenticators, if you get a physical one, for the shipping cost. They lose money on them, but they make it back on customer service costs in accounts they don't have to restore. They're definitely not using authenticator sales as a money-making thing.

I didn't follow battle.net security in my D2 days and didn't know this, so thanks for the information. So yes, given their past record on this, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt as well. (And in my case I knew my own stupidity was at fault anyway )

-Kylearan