Minehut data breach: 396K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2019-09-17
In May 2019, the Minecraft server website Minehut suffered a data breach. The company advised a database backup had been obtained after which they subsequently notified all impacted users. 397k email addresses from the incident were provided to HIBP. A data set with both email addresses and bcrypt password hashes was also later provided to HIBP. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords. The breach dates from May 17, 2019; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 17, 2019.
What to do
- If you had a Minehut 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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