Minecraft World Map

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.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
IP addresses
Passwords
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    71.1 thousand

  • Breach Occurred:

    January 2016

  • Added to HIBP:

    29 Aug 2016

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Minecraft World Map password since 2016, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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