Minehut data breach

Breach date: 2019-05-17. Added to this index: 2019-09-17. Accounts affected: about 397K. Domain: minehut.com.

What happened

In May 2019, the Minecraft server website Minehut suffered a data breach. The company advised a database backup had been obtained after which they subsequently notified all impacted users. 397k email addresses from the incident were provided to HIBP. A data set with both email addresses and bcrypt password hashes was also later provided to HIBP.

Breach data sourced from Have I Been Pwned, used under CC BY 4.0. Additional breach metadata provided by XposedOrNot. DataExposed is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.

What was exposed

  • Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
  • Passwords: The secret you use to sign in, stored by the breached service either in plain text, in a scrambled form called a hash, or encrypted. How it was stored decides how quickly it can be recovered.

What to do now

  1. Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
  2. Change the password on this service and every other site where you used the same password.
  3. Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
  4. Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.

Frequently asked questions

What data was leaked in the Minehut breach?

The Minehut breach exposed Email addresses, Passwords. About 397K accounts were affected.

Was I affected by the Minehut breach?

Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.

What should I do about the Minehut breach?

Change the password on that account and everywhere you reused it, then turn on two-factor authentication. Passwords from this breach are traded and tried automatically against other sites.

Next steps