MCBans Data Breach

What happened

In October 2016, the Minecraft banning service known as MCBans suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 120k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and password hashes of unknown format. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your MCBans password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing MCBans — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.