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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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edited 1 February 2017 at 12:44PM in Gaming MoneySaving
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
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  • ifstar
    ifstar Posts: 489 Forumite
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    Don't sign up to dodgy websites
  • Johnmcl7
    Johnmcl7 Posts: 2,839 Forumite
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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.

    John
  • FredG
    FredG Posts: 213 Forumite
    Struggling to have any sympathy for those stealing others' intellectual properties.
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