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    Hackers Smuggle Millions Of Minecraft Passwords</h1>
    <html><body><p><p><br/> Hackers are able to steal millions of Minecraft passwords<br/></p><br/><p><br/> 29 April 2016<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Hackers have stolen login data for more than seven million members of the Minecraft site Lifeboat.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Lifeboat members can run servers to build custom multiplayer maps for Minecraft's smartphone edition.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Evidence suggests that stolen information including email addresses and passwords, is being provided by websites that sell hacker files.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Analysis suggests passwords were very vulnerable to attack, and attackers could easily hack them.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Minimise damage<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Troy Hunt, an independent security expert, was able to obtain information regarding the breach. He claimed he obtained the list from someone who deals in stolen credentials. Several people had told him the data was circulating on dark web sites.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Hunt claimed that the data was stolen in 2016, but that the breach is only now being discovered.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Passwords for Lifeboat accounts were washed, he said, but the algorithm used provided little security.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Hashing is a technique that is used to encrypt passwords so that they aren't easily read when the data is lost.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> He also said that a Google search for a hashed passcode will often give the correct plain text value. Well-known cracking tools could help automate and speed up this process, he said.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> "A significant portion of those passwords will be reverted to plain text within a short amount of time," he said in a blogpost about the breach.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> This often lead to other security issues He said this because many people reuse passwords, so the discovery of one password can lead attackers to hack accounts on other websites.<br/> <a href="https://webarchive.one/">GAMING</a> </p><br/><p><br/> Motherboard was given a statement from Lifeboat saying that it had taken the necessary steps to mitigate the damage.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> "When this happened early January we figured the best thing for our players was to simply force a password reset without letting the hackers know they had time to act," it told the news site adding that it is now using more secure hashing algorithms.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> It stated that it had not received any reports that anyone was hurt due to this.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Mr. Hunt was vocal about the company's "quietly" forcing the reset of passwords. He claimed that this policy left him "speechless".<br/></p><br/><p><br/> He stated that Lifeboat could have been more proactive in advising users so they could quickly change passwords if used on other sites.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> "The first thing a business should consider following an incident such as this is "How can we limit the damage to our customers?" He added.<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Minecraft makes virtual reality a reality<br/></p><br/><p><br/> 28 April 2016<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Beautiful People data available online<br/></p><br/><p><br/> 26 April 2016<br/></p><br/><p><br/> An estate agent is searching for Minecraft builders<br/></p><br/><p><br/> 30 March 2016<br/></p><br/><p><br/> Minecraft to provide AI assistance<br/></p><br/><p><br/> 14 March 2016<br/></p></p></body></html>
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