Blizzard’s Chinese GM quits after large data breach

Matthew Humphries writes about major fallout following the exposure of confidential files on the Internet:

All is not well at the offices of Blizzard China. Last week a large data breach occurred which saw financial data, media packages, commercial budgets, global subscriber details, and worst of all–the road map for future game releases all taken.

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The fallout from this data breach is Blizzard’s General Manager for China, one Ye Weilun, has either left or been kicked out, but the reports suggest a resignation. We don’t know the details of how the leak occurred, but his departure could either be directly linked to the breach, or because it was allowed to happen in the first place.