Shotbow data breach: 1.1M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2017-10-29
In May 2016, the multiplayer server for Minecraft service Shotbow announced they'd suffered a data breach. The incident resulted in the exposure of over 1 million unique email addresses, usernames and salted SHA-256 password hashes. Exposed data: email addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from May 9, 2016; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 29, 2017.
What to do
- If you had a Shotbow 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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