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You are pointing your anger in the wrong direction. The reality is that security is a hard problem, much too hard for Blizzard, much too hard for RSA, much too hard for banks, and much too hard for governments.

Major companies being hacked is not a new phenomenon. What's new is them (a) detecting the hacks and (b) disclosing them. It's unfortunate but true; you should be happy that they are telling you.

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You misunderstood my entire comment, but I can see why you would think I was angry. I'm disappointed, not angry. Disappointed that in this day and age, companies like Blizzard are making record profits and fall prey to attacks that are sometimes as simple as an SQL injection attack. While I am grateful they have told us about the attack, I'd much prefer the situation went like this: "We've been attacked, our database was compromised but because everything important is encrypted all they have is your email address"

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