CraftRise data breach: 2.5M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2023-08-08
In May 2023, news broke of a data breach of the Turkish Minecraft server known as CraftRise. The data of over 2.5M users was subsequently shared on a popular hacking forum and included email addresses, usernames, geographic locations and plain text passwords. The newest records indicate the data was obtained in March 2022. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Mar 5, 2022; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Aug 8, 2023.
What to do
- If you had a CraftRise account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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