Breachesby GlyphLifeboat
Disclosed Apr 25, 20167,089,395 accountsUnverified
In January 2016, the Minecraft community known as Lifeboat was hacked and more than 7 million accounts leaked . Lifeboat knew of the incident for three months before the breach was made public but elected not to advise customers. The leaked data included usernames, email addresses and passwords stored as straight MD5 hashes.
What is known
| People affected | 7,089,395 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Apr 25, 2016 |
| Happened | Jan 1, 2016 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | EmailsPasswords |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.