PS3Hax data breach: 447K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-02-07
In approximately July 2015, the Sony Playstation hacks and mods forum known as PS3Hax was hacked and more than 447k accounts were exposed. The vBulletin forum included IP addresses and passwords stored as salted hashes using a weak implementation enabling many to be rapidly cracked. Exposed data: email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, usernames. The breach dates from Jul 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 7, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a PS3Hax account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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