Minecraft Hackers (Minecrafter's PLEASE read)

Hi all!

If you are a fellow Minecrafter, read this for a warning. If you don't play Minecraft, just read this post for fun.

A former server Moderator from Diamcraft has reported that there were several hacking's on Minecraft reported. I have been a victim myself. Numerous hackers were logging into a Notch's workers accounts, also, other peoples accounts too. One of the hacked accounts was purposely hacked to grief and not get caught. He was caught and quickly taken care of. Reddit has told each of the admin victims to shut down their server temporarily. Mojang then found out about the exploits and is working very quickly to solve the problem. As a former Moderator of a server, I highly suggest to change your password. There are still ways to login as someone else, but they are being taken care of.

Timeline:

UPDATE 11.14am BST: I've had independent confirmation from 3 users that the issue is now fixed. Thanks mojang!

UPDATE 11.08am BST: xlson reports it is no longer possible to log in as someone else

UPDATE 11:04am BST: session server back up. waiting for official confirmation from mojang that it's fixed

UPDATE 10.22am BST: xlson reckons it may be a few hours before its resolved and the session/login servers are put back online.

UPDATE: 8.52am BST: mojang blog post

UPDATE: 8.41am BST: Mojang have pulled down the session server. This should stop the issue while a proper fix is being worked on!

Thanks!

I go on Minecraft.


I will change my password right away.

It is: XD Why would i tell you anyway????

I WILL CHANGE MY PASSWORD RIGHT AWAY!!!!! I play minecraft 2!

You are only vulnerable if you migrated your account.
And the authorization servers are back only, so no more log in exploits are possible.

Thanks guys!

omg you guys minecraft is a great game

but my server is offline and it's hamachi anyway idownloadeditillegally so I'm not worrying.


OH ALSO.
GUYS YOU SHOULD DOWNLOAD THE SNAPSHOT. It's like, the 1.3 update except not quite finished yet. It's awesome.

@Abbey - I'm waiting for the full release in August :c! I'm scared I might do it wrong and it'll corrupt my stuffss.