An apparent Minecraft RCE hack is currently taking place, impacting servers that run certain mods in the sandbox game, putting you in danger of getting hacked if you play in servers with them enabled.

Hackers are actively exploiting a 'BleedingPipe' remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices.

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Minecraft is a sandbox-building video game played in a pixelated environment, wherein users can customize the physics of the game the way they want. The popular online game can be played in a ...