‘Minecraft’ stolen account list is actually ransomware that attacks cheaters
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nme.comMinecraft players have been given quite the shock as a list posing as alternative account details for cheaters turns out to actually be a ransomware file.This was reported by Fortinet (thanks, PC Gamer) a few days ago (October 28), as Minecraft players in Japan have been looking for, and downloading, what they think is a list of stolen account usernames and password.
As it turned out, one such list turned out to be a “variant of Chaos ransomware” that is encrypting and destroying some files for those who download it.These players are likely downloading what they think are account lists so they can protect their main accounts whilst they do things like use cheats, troll, and other actions that would generally lead to a ban.According to.
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