Minefield data breach: 188K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-03-09
In June 2015, the French Minecraft server known as Minefield was hacked and 188k member records were exposed. The IP.Board forum included email and IP addresses, birth dates and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames, website activity. The breach dates from Jun 28, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Mar 9, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a Minefield 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.
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