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We’ve just received word from Blizzard locally that Battle.net has been compromised, with some account details from all regions — including Australia — being accessed. At the stage it seems like no financial information was accessed, and that only email addresses associated with Battle.net accounts, and some cryptographically scrambled versions of passwords, were accessed.