#Lifeboat for minecraft pe password#

#Lifeboat for minecraft pe password#

And even if you changed your Lifeboat password but kept your other passwords the same, your data could be compromised. Thankfully, no harm has been reported because of the hack thus far. That’s why Lifeboat’s response-demanding that you change your password-is probably, in the long run, inadequate.

And with seven million passwords stolen, it’s certain that was the case for many people. They want to steal your password in the hopes that you used that same password across other services, like bank accounts and credit cards. Hackers don’t want to blow up your world in Minecraft. But it’s not about malicious griefers summoning Withers to wreck your house. You might laugh and ask what difference it makes if your Minecraft account gets hacked (if you’re not a Minecraft player, that is). That was because the company knew about the hack, although it didn’t make the information public until very recently. But if you did use Lifeboat, you probably got a message forcing you to change your password for the site in early 2015. If you just used Minecraft Pocket Edition without explicitly signing up for Lifeboat, you’re all good. Lifeboat is a service for persistent servers and customized multiplayer games for Minecraft Pocket Edition, and this data breach only affects customers who used the service. The Minecraft hack wasn’t of the game itself, thank goodness. Minecraft Pocket Edition Hacked, Lifeboat Passwords Stolen The site has only come clean about the news in recent days, but supposedly no damage has been done by the hacks so far. The site was hacked back in 2015, and a gasp-inducing seven million passwords were stolen. As reported by the BBC (via the International Business Times), players of Minecraft Pocket Edition who used the Lifeboat server service may be in trouble. Is nothing sacred? Minecraft has been hacked.