[SOLVED: I just had to wait it out. I tried to login the following day, and it worked.]
So, this is the weirdest thing:
I am able to login to Mojang, and can even download the Minecraft installer from it.
However, when I attempt to login on Minecraft.net, I get "We could not authenticate you against our servers. Please try to log out and back in again." (which I can't do since I can't log in in the first place).
When I try to login to the Minecraft launcher, it gives me a "could not connect to the server" error.
Things I've tried:
Reinstalling Minecraft
Flushing DNS
Restarting the router, the computer, the freaking universe
Deactivating Firewall
Deactivating anti-virus and other anti-malware software
Searching far and wide for answers in forums, Reddit, etc.
Other details:
I do not use "MCleaks" or any similar software (when I googled my problem, many people were asking about this crap and I don't even know what it is, so I thought I'd point this out just in case).
I'm not running Forge or any mod (not that it matters, since I can't even login to the website).
I tried to ping "authserver.mojang.com" but for some reason the requests always time out (could this be a regional problem?)
I'm in Brazil, and I have not attempted to run on a VPN yet. Should I? If so, any recommendations?
[SOLVED: I just had to wait it out. I tried to login the following day, and it worked.]
So, this is the weirdest thing:
Things I've tried:
Other details:
Very basic but have you tried resetting your password?
You mean directly on the Mojang website? I'll try and edit this comment with the results.
EDIT: Managed to reset my password, but I still cannot login to Minecraft.net nor the Minecraft launcher.
I waited it out, and when I tried to login today, it worked! So yeah, I just had to wait for some reason. Thanks