PS3Hax Data Breach

What happened

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

Recommended actions

• Change your PS3Hax password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing PS3Hax — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.