Minecraft Pocket Edition Forum Data Breach

What happened

In May 2015, the Minecraft Pocket Edition forum was hacked and over 16k accounts were dumped public. Allegedly hacked by @rmsg0d, the forum data included numerous personal pieces of data for each user. The forum has subsequently been decommissioned.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Minecraft Pocket Edition Forum 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 Minecraft Pocket Edition Forum — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.