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Minefield

Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
188K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
Minefield

Breach History

Minefield
Jun 2015Critical
188.3K
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In June 2015, the French Minecraft server known as Minefield was hacked and 188k member records were exposed. The IP.Board forum included email and IP addresses, birth dates and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk