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‘It’s A Fatal Security Flaw With Sony’s Security Systems’: PlayStation Network Accounts Can Allegedly Be Hacked Even If Protected by 2FA, Passkey

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PlayStation and security: a match made in hell. Following the major PlayStation Network crash of 2011, which brought the network down for 23 days, users often encountered various issues, including account security concerns and prolonged downtime, sometimes caused by DDoS attacks. Judging from a new report, however, all these may pale in comparison to the possibility of an account being hacked, even with every security measure in place, including 2FA and passkey. Yesterday, Nicolas Lellouche, tech journalist at French publication Numerama, reported on X that their PlayStation Network account protected with a passkey has been hacked, as an unknown user […]

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