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I just tried to sign into my PSN account but it said I would have to recover my account.
I then had to change my password to get it back, I have SMS 2FA turned on so I haven't had any SMS requests.
What would cause this to happen?
Thanks.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Sounds like you got hacked or someone tried to and Sony noticed.

 

[Three]

I just tried to sign into my PSN account but it said I would have to recover my account.
I then had to change my password to get it back, I have SMS 2FA turned on so I haven't had any SMS requests.
What would cause this to happen?
Thanks.

Somebody likely tried to login and failed or your email/pass combo used on other sites/apps might be out there and they're asking you to use a new unique one. To check if any of your email/passwords are out in the wild you can use a site like

Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

Have I Been Pwned allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email address or phone number has been compromised.

haveibeenpwned.com

Or chromes built in password manager which has a built in checker.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Make sure you are not re-using passwords across your accounts.

 

[ManaByte]

Game sharing with someone else and Sony noticed the IP kept changing?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Wasn't Sony testing some sort of alternative to login without using passwords? Not sure what that was.

Is that in place already?

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Wasn't Sony testing some sort of alternative to login without using passwords? Not sure what that was.

Is that in place already?

Passkeys. Not sure they are fully implemented yet.