Another Sony Security Concern: PS5 Games People Don't Own Are Appearing on Their Profiles
PlayStation 5 users report unexpected games appearing in their recently played lists amid broader network service outages.
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The brief
PS5 users are reporting an issue where unowned and unreleased titles are appearing on their user profiles. Reports indicate that these unauthorized games include adult content.
Coverage from outlets including Push Square, eTeknix, TwistedVoxel, and wolfsgamingblog.com highlights concerns regarding the security of PlayStation Network accounts. Concurrently, PlayStation LifeStyle and GAMINGbible note that PlayStation Network services are experiencing partial outages, with reports of console instability.
It remains to be seen how Sony will resolve the service outages and whether the appearance of unknown games is tied to the reported network instability. Coverage does not yet specify the scope of the affected consoles or the origin of the glitch.
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Quick answers
What is happening to PS5 user profiles?
Users are finding games they do not own, including unreleased adult titles, appearing in their recently played lists.
Are there other issues affecting PlayStation Network?
Yes, coverage confirms that PlayStation Network services are experiencing partial downtime, with some reports of consoles becoming unplayable.
Has Sony identified the cause?
Coverage does not yet specify a cause for the game appearance issue or the broader network outage.
Coverage (6)
- PS5 Glitch Adds Unknown Games to Recently Played Lists eTeknix · 1d ago
- Some PS5 Users Are Having Unreleased Adult Games Randomly Appear In Their Recently Played List TwistedVoxel · 1d ago
- PlayStation Users Are Finding Random Games On Their Profiles – Is It A Security Issue? wolfsgamingblog.com · 1d ago
- PlayStation Network Services Partially Down, Sony Confirms PlayStation LifeStyle · 1d ago
- Catastrophic PlayStation Network Error Makes Thousands Of Consoles Unplayable GAMINGbible · 1d ago
- Another Sony Security Concern: PS5 Games People Don't Own Are Appearing on Their Profiles Push Square · 1d ago
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