PlayStation Account Hacker Targets Famous PS5 Podcaster

"“Colin, I'm just warning you,” it read. “They have your information and they are going to try to take your account today.” Sure enough, the ex- IGN editor and Kinda Funny Games cofounder's PlayStation account was hacked shortly after, and he was locked out of a library of hundreds of digital games and an account history built up over decades. While Sony was able to restore access in record time, the high-profile incident has raised fresh concerns about vulnerabilities in PlayStation's account security."

"“My PSN account was hacked, seemingly as part of an ongoing sophisticated series of moves against both random and 'prominent' users,” Moriarty posted on X on May 18. He said his account was compromised despite two-factor authentication protection and that it was immediately used to threaten his fellow Sacred Symbols podcaster, Dustin Furman, with a message sent over PSN that read, “You're next.”"

"While a representative of PlayStation Support initially told Moriarty that it could take up to three weeks to get access to his account back, he was able to reach out to existing contacts within Sony and its first-party game studios to escalate the issue. “I fully know I exercised advantages due only and exclusively to my stature in the PlayStation community and my many tethers to the mothership,” he posted on X after getting his account back. “These are absolutely not privileges many other people have. I simply must acknowledge that.”"

A PlayStation account was hacked after receiving a warning that attackers had personal information and would try to take the account. The account owner was locked out of a large digital game library and an account history built over decades. Access was restored quickly after escalation through internal contacts, despite an initial support estimate of up to three weeks. The compromise occurred even though two-factor authentication was enabled, and the attackers used the account to send a threatening message to another podcaster. Similar incidents have been reported by other users, including unauthorized changes to account information and rogue purchases through a linked payment method. Sony did not provide comment.

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