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The Logs, Mail, and Heshes of Passwords: The Data of Millions of Minecraft Players Are Posted on the Darknet.

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Data from up to 18 million Minecraft players may have been available to hackers and sold on the Dracknet, as reported by SHOT with reference to information from clandestine forums.
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Data from up to 18 million Minecraft players may have been available to hackers and sold on the Dracknet, as reported by SHOT with reference to information from clandestine forums.

Data of up to 18 million Minecraft players is reportedly sold in cybercrime forums. However, only 1,000 entries have been checked so far – and much speaks against a direct break-in at Mojang.

Cybernews has analyzed some samples of an alleged data leak that would contain usernames, email addresses and password hash. Currently there are no elements to confirm a direct breach of Minecraft infrastructure.

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ESports Web broke the news on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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