Minecraft Pocket Edition Forum data breach: 16K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2015-06-30
In May 2015, the Minecraft Pocket Edition forum was hacked and over 16k accounts were dumped public. Allegedly hacked by @rmsg0d, the forum data included numerous personal pieces of data for each user. The forum has subsequently been decommissioned. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 24, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jun 30, 2015.
What to do
- If you had a Minecraft Pocket Edition Forum 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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