Minecraft Time to change mc password

Discussion in 'Gaming Discussion' started by ClemensMine, Apr 10, 2014.

  1. ClemensMine

    ClemensMine

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    Ok maybe some saw the news. There was a massive security hole at mojang or better at some service they used from amazon. Only to make it short: If you haven't change your password there is a chance your minecraft login is stolen. It's still not said something got stolen but only because these sort of hack leaves no trace.

    Offical news:
    https://mojang.com/2014/04/heartbleed/
    by kris on April 9, 2014
    Two days ago a serious vulnerability (that’s been named “Heartbleed”) in the popular cryptographic software OpenSSL was made public. This weakness could potentially be exploited to steal information, such as login information, that normally would be protected by encryption. This software is used by roughly two thirds of the internet so a lot of services were or are at risk of being affected.

    Explanation (most simple I found):


    Other affected websites.
    Yahoo Mail
    Facebook.com
    paypal.com
    ebay.com
    Some netbanking services
    etc
     
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  2. ItsCreeper5484

    ItsCreeper5484 #BestDuck

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    I don't know how to do this?
    Can you tell me
     
  3. LaurentYuri

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    Clemens
    Thank you for telling us.
    Spread the news.
     
  4. The_Demonstar01

    The_Demonstar01 k-on most moe anime 2017

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    i don't play this game anymore yet i'm still here why do you ask, i don't know either
    Thanks for telling us. I replaced my password with a more longer one.
     
  5. ClemensMine

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  6. one_letter_shor

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    i'm not that worried, minecraft accounts are worthless to hack if the victim never visited the server. and the chances of your account being chosen is more than 1/10,000,000. but still don't get discouraged, they may be looking for you...... so change it. and if im wrong about what I said, correct me because this hacking stuff confuses me
     
  7. NESlover

    NESlover Donator

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    I've been needing to change my password for a while (Already 11 months since the last change o.o), and heartbleed just gave me a reason to not be too lazy to do it.

    New password is so much moar secure than the last one :D
     
  8. Chan

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    I think Android phones are also affected by Heartbleed, I believe, well at least that's what I heard..

    I own an Android so I'm worried. xd
     
  9. ClemensMine

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    Only android 4.1.1 xd Everything newer is save.