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PSA: If you have not migrated your Minecraft Account to Mojang, your information and account may be at risk. (Not related to LifeBoat story)[X-post r/gaming] via /r/Minecraft

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PSA: If you have not migrated your Minecraft Account to Mojang, your information and account may be at risk. (Not related to LifeBoat story)[X-post r/gaming]

Hi Friends,

I recently discovered that my Minecraft account has been taken over by a 10 year old Bosnian child. I wondered… "How?" and a little bit of "Why?" before I investigated the issue further.

I found that original Minecraft accounts have been at risk for a long time. If you have upgraded your account to Mojang, you should be in the clear.

A quick search of "Minecraft Premium Account List" told me all I needed to know about the loss of my account. Entire lists of usernames and passwords are being leaked daily and your information may already be out there for someone else to claim.

How I lost my account-

I have had the same password on my account since I created it in 2010. That's a long time for a rather simple password. At the time, Minecraft was not a hit, barely known to most gaming communities. I felt secure being part of a small community and never changed it. Since some time before Minecraft was purchased by Microsoft, the original accounts became obsolete, being replaced by Mojang Accounts.

My username and password was leaked on a premium account list and on December 15, 2015, a user migrated my account to Mojang, changing the account email address and username. No alert email was sent to me regarding this change.

How I found my account-

(www.namemc.com)

This site allows you to search any username of a Minecraft/Mojang account to see the UUID, current username, and current skin. I was so fortunate to find that the person that took over my account had YouTube and Facebook pages dedicated to his Minecraft game recordings. This also allowed me to find his December 16th video claiming he now had a Premium Account.

How I hope to get my account back-

Simple, really. I have contacted Mojang support and now hope for the best. I have a difficult situation where I have no original Transaction ID, as required for account related issues, but I do have gift codes that I purchased under the account back then. If you identify your account has been taken over, you should have the Transaction ID from your original purchase when contacting Mojang.

How you can save your account-

If you have not already, migrate your account to Mojang here –> (http://ift.tt/1DuhiYF)

Thanks for reading.

Edit – Updated info per comments

Submitted April 28, 2016 at 02:55PM by Eclipse027
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