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2.5 million Xbox and PlayStation gamers' details hacked

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NewsHubXbox gamers may have had their details leaked online.
The Xbox360 and PSP ISOs, which host game download files, were hacked in September 2015. That’s according to security expert Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? website, which tracks data breaches.
Even if users didn’t have financial details stored on the sites, the information could be used to break into other sites if users have the same password for different accounts.
“Often people using seemingly low-security websites don’t enforce good password security because it’s not a financial target,” says Mark James, IT Security Specialist at ESET, “but all data has a value and will be reused for other purposes.

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