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Earlier this year there was a big hullabaloo about a social engineering scam, impacting dozens upon dozens of PlayStation players.
The story hit the news in a big way when longtime podcaster Colin Moriarty had his account boosted, leading to widespread panic in the community.
While the Sacred Symbols host was able to use his connections to regain access to his profile, the story is not over by a longshot.
My PlayStation account has been hacked. After trying to log in and change my password multiple times, sign out of all devices, re-enable 2FA, nothing worked. They still managed to change my proper email address for my account
Idk what to do
— Radec (@realradec) October 3, 2026
Overnight, prominent fan RealRadec – a positive voice in the community, with more than 30k followers on X – revealed that he was the latest victim of Sony’s shoddy security.
For those who missed the previous news – and it’s really important – it’s been discovered that accounts can be hijacked using just a few potentially public details:
A PSN username
An associated email address
A transaction ID or purchase date
Some of this information can be easily obtained online, while others can be inferred.
It’s real scary stuff, and the hope was that PlayStation would have tightened things up after what happened to Moriarty.
The reality, as we move towards an all-digital future, is that PSN accounts can be attached to potentially thousands of dollars in game purchases, not to mention countless gaming memories and achievements, through Trophies et al.
This may not have been a particularly big deal in the early PS3 days, when Trophies were still new and digital purchases were much less common. But in an age where PlayStation is desperate to do away with physical media, it’s terrifying.
I must admit, I’d expected PlayStation to have resolved these issues after the public situation with Moriarty earlier in the year.
The fact that this is still happening to prominent members of the fanbase beggars belief, and it’s understandably got the entire community on edge once again.
This simply cannot keep happening.
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.