ServerPact data breach: 73K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-09-06
In mid-2015, the Dutch Minecraft site ServerPact was hacked and 73k accounts were exposed. Along with birth dates, email and IP addresses, the site also exposed SHA1 password hashes with the username as the salt. Exposed data: dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 1, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 6, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a ServerPact 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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