Minecraft World Map Data Breach

What happened

In approximately January 2016, the Minecraft World Map site designed for sharing maps created for the game was hacked and over 71k user accounts were exposed. The data included usernames, email and IP addresses along with salted and hashed passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

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