Breaking: Blizzard's Account Database Breached

If there were ever a case to be made for avoiding putting all gaming out in the cloud, this would be it. Thousands of users' Blizzard accounts have been stolen. Support lines are overloaded and they are telling users to call back at a later time while the issue is being investigated. It looks like one group of hackers is logging into multiple accounts to sell off items, delete accounts and cause other general mayhem. This could be the End of the World... of Warcraft.

Okay probably not, but it does yet again raise the question of internet security (or the seeming lack thereof). Without the use of an authenticator, even the most careful users are at risk of having their accounts hacked. We either need to develop better security measures or come up with something more interesting for hackers to do.