Last week, Minecraft was hit by perhaps the worst exploit ever seen, which is saying something for a game that's over a decade old.
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This exploit, if performed correctly, allowed malicious players to take control of another player's PC while playing on a Minecraft server.
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Although now patched by Mojang, it's interesting to look at exactly just how this situation unfolded
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This exploit was known as a "zero-day" exploit, meaning that its existence was completely unknown to the developers
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It allowed bad actors to take control of other players' computers and even hold Minecraft servers hostage.
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Once executed, the exploit allows hackers to execute remote code on a Minecraft system due to the specific logging library Minecraft uses, called Log4j.
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It's not just Minecraft that was affected by this exploit. So far, it's been confirmed that other services such as Steam, iCloud, Amazon, and Twitter were also among those affected
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Minecraft players should always ensure that they are using the official version of the game, not those published by third-party sources