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Hackers steal 2.5 million PlayStation and Xbox players' details in major breach
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worldtraveller
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PlayStation and Xbox gamers are at risk of having had their private information stolen following a data breach involving 2.5 million accounts.
Hackers stole the information from two popular gaming forums back in 2015, and managed to take details including email addresses, passwords and IP addresses, it has recently been revealed.
The forums called Xbox360 ISO and PSP ISO let gamers share and download free and pirated copies of games.
telegraph.co.uk
Hackers stole the information from two popular gaming forums back in 2015, and managed to take details including email addresses, passwords and IP addresses, it has recently been revealed.
The forums called Xbox360 ISO and PSP ISO let gamers share and download free and pirated copies of games.
telegraph.co.uk
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Don't sign up to dodgy websites0
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Just to be clear to anyone reading this, the hackers haven't breached the Microsoft or Sony systems it's a specific forum (focused on software piracy) they've managed to get the details for.
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Struggling to have any sympathy for those stealing others' intellectual properties.0
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