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Guys the Minecraft servers are down! What do we do!?

I might just... Go cry in a corner.

-Curls up in a corner and cries until they come back-

We should make fun of how Mojang speaks in that error message!
"Failed to log in: The authentication are currently down for maintenance"

It is possible that this is a side-affect of the Testifipocalpyse. Maybe not, but it's an answer for now. :/

Quote from herpaderppson

Guys chill out. The servers aren't down the authentication system is down. Just go watch a movie or something. It will come back on in a few hours.

You seem to be an altogether frood who really knows where his towel is. This is probably the case, however. Anyone up for some Frozen?

[21:18:28 ERROR]: Exception whilst logging into profile
com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationUnavailableException: Cannot contact authentication server
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:69) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logInWithToken(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:124) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logIn(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:53) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher.ensureLoggedIn(Launcher.java:208) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:177) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.TwoStacksPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at com.mojang.authlib.HttpAuthenticationService.performPostRequest(HttpAuthenticationService.java:73) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:52) ~[launcher.jar:?]
... 9 more

Ahaha... That would be funny, the villagers are taking over the servers! x3

Quote from craftingdickson

[21:18:28 ERROR]: Exception whilst logging into profile
com.mojang.authlib.exceptions.AuthenticationUnavailableException: Cannot contact authentication server
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:69) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logInWithToken(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:124) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilUserAuthentication.logIn(YggdrasilUserAuthentication.java:53) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher.ensureLoggedIn(Launcher.java:208) [launcher.jar:?]
at net.minecraft.launcher.Launcher$1.run(Launcher.java:177) [launcher.jar:?]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.7.0_51]
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.TwoStacksPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.7.0_51]
at com.mojang.authlib.HttpAuthenticationService.performPostRequest(HttpAuthenticationService.java:73) ~[launcher.jar:?]
at com.mojang.authlib.yggdrasil.YggdrasilAuthenticationService.makeRequest(YggdrasilAuthenticationService.java:52) ~[launcher.jar:?]
... 9 more

detailed walkthrough of the failure of entering the server

Not only these, it seems that either the Scrolls servers are down too.
All we can do is waiting...

Do none of you follow any of the Mojangsters on Twitter?
https://twitter.com/notch/status/453516309851291648
Their servers are down because of the Heartbleed bug in SSL affecting a lot of the web right now, they don't want anyone's account details to get stolen.

So what do we do?
Report this to Mojang or...

No I want more Minecraft Well Time to go watch a movie!

Quote from craftingdickson

So what do we do?
Report this to Mojang or...

They obviously already know, they are the ones who took down their servers to protect user information.

As long as it is back up by 4 pm Central Time I don't care.

Quote from theskull251

As long as it is back up by 4 pm Central Time I don't care.

They do not have an ETA on when the servers will be back up, it all depends on when Amazon can update their SSL https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/453514160526348288

Quote from xXRoflRoflXx

A few HOURS
UNACCEPTABLE

It's either wait a few hours or lose your account. Take your pick.

Quote from DinammarLP

Amazon! Update your SSL now!!!

That is easier said than done, they have to go through and update it on all of their web servers.