ESRB apologizes for email address leak to Blizzard fans

Earlier this week the Entertainment Software Ratings Board inadvertently exposed the email addresses of nearly 1,000 people in response to Blizzard 's fans upset, ironically, about the prospect of their real names being used as a requirement to sign into Blizzard's forums. The ESRB has now issued a formal apology to those people who got their email addresses caught in that mess.

According to WoW.com, the ESRB said the problem was, as expected, due to "an unfortunate error by one of our employees" and added that "it was never our intention to reveal this information and for that we are genuinely sorry." The ESRB said the organization is "doing everything we can to ensure it will not happen again in the future." We think that closes the case on this matter.