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Reports are flooding in that PlayStation users are allegedly having their PSN accounts hacked, and the workaround for this is worryingly easy, which could be something Sony needs to address immediately.
Awareness of the issue first came to light when Colin Moriarty, the self-proclaimed ‘The Godfather of PlayStation podcasts’, posted on X about a message exchange he had.
The former IGN Editor and founding Kinda Funny member, Moriarty, was given an eye-opening message from a user (who was also hacked). saying: ‘Colin, I’m just warning you, they have your information and they are going to try and take your account today.’
On X, @mrpyo1 shared some details discussing the incredibly small amount of details required to infiltrate a PSN account right now:
There are other examples of this, but Moriarty is likely considered a more high-profile target, and it probably doesn’t help that he has his PSN ID in his X bio.
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Awareness of the issue first came to light when Colin Moriarty, the self-proclaimed ‘The Godfather of PlayStation podcasts’, posted on X about a message exchange he had.
The former IGN Editor and founding Kinda Funny member, Moriarty, was given an eye-opening message from a user (who was also hacked). saying: ‘Colin, I’m just warning you, they have your information and they are going to try and take your account today.’
On X, @mrpyo1 shared some details discussing the incredibly small amount of details required to infiltrate a PSN account right now:
- Only your PSN ID and one piece of old transaction data are needed by the hacker.
- The hacker then contacts Sony support and provides the information as “proof of ownership.”
- Sony’s support system then bypasses standard protocols and lets the hacker change the email address linked to the account.
- This also disables 2FA.
There are other examples of this, but Moriarty is likely considered a more high-profile target, and it probably doesn’t help that he has his PSN ID in his X bio.
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