Weekly Science & Technology Report

Enid Burns for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Blizzard, the publisher of popular computer games such as World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo, discovered that its servers were hacked and certain account information was stolen. The company detailed the break in on its website. The "Important Security Update" was addressed to players and friends. "This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps to close off this access and began working with law enforcement and security experts to investigate what happened," said Mike Morhaime of Blizzard, in the letter posted to Blizzard users. Data that was illegally accessed includes a list of all email addresses for global Battle.net users outside of China. The company uses a third-party-run servers for users within China, Forbes reports. Servers in North America typically support players in North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. In addition t