"Minecraft" has begun raking in the big bucks for Microsoft less than a year after Microsoft bought Mojang, the Swedish game developer behind "Minecraft." However, the game has also experienced some problems this month, which Mojang has tried to rectify.

According to PC Gamer, "Minecraft" has earned millions of dollars for Microsoft. The company's second-quarter fiscal report, which ends in December 2014, recorded a 79 percent increase in revenue, or around $171 million. Most of this is thanks to "Minecraft"; although other games like "Halo: The Master Chief Collection" and "Forza Horizon 2" have also contributed, "Minecraft" and its popularity have contributed greatly to Microsoft's earnings.

Some 18,301,925 people have bought the game for PC and Mac alone, and the number for other consoles continues to rise as well, according to Mojang's statistics. In the last 24 hours, almost 10,000 people have bought the game.

Microsoft believes it will break even this year after purchasing the Mojang for $2.5 billion in September 2014. However, not everything has been rosy for "Minecraft."

Last week a report surfaced alleging that the information of roughly 1,800 gamers had been compromised. Although at the time Mojang did not say anything, the company released a statement some days ago.

"We haven't been hacked. A bunch of bad people have tricked some of our users into disclosing their account information. We've emailed everyone affected, and reset all compromised passwords. If you haven't received an email from us, you don't need to worry," wrote Owen Hill on the company's blog, adding that Mojang's servers remained secured.

He explained that the "bad people" has used a technique known as phishing to obtain passwords from gamers by posing as Mojang and asking them to provide their information. Hill warned not to give out their Mojang information to anyone other than the company.

In another statement provided to the Telegraph, the company explains how it discovered the breach.

"When we discover lists of gamertags, usernames and passwords posted online, we take immediate action to protect our customers by reviewing for valid credentials and resetting account access when necessary," the statement said.

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