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Minecraft World Map data breach

The Minecraft World Map breach happened on January 15, 2016 and exposed 71,081 accounts. 4 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site
minecraftworldmap.com
Breach date
January 15, 2016
Recorded on
August 29, 2016
Accounts exposed
71,081
Exposed data
Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames
Risk score
68 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 68 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, IP addresses.

The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.

Breaches from the same period

  • uTorrent (2016-01-14, 395,044 accounts)
  • Battlefy (2016-01-11, 83,610 accounts)
  • EpicNPC (2016-01-02, 408,795 accounts)

What affected users should do

  • Change your Minecraft World Map password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
  • Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.

Create a new password →

This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of July 29, 2022. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.