PSX-Scene data breach: 341K accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2016-02-07
In approximately February 2015, the Sony Playstation forum known as PSX-Scene was hacked and more than 340k 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 Feb 1, 2015; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 7, 2016.
What to do
- If you had a PSX-Scene 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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