PlayStation and Xbox gamers are at risk of having had their private information stolen following a data breach involving 2.5 million accounts.

Hackers stole the information from two popular gaming forums back in 2015, and managed to take details including email addresses, passwords and IP addresses, it has recently been revealed.

The forums called Xbox360 ISO and PSP ISO let gamers share and download free and pirated copies of games.

Such communities are prime targets for hackers, with many younger hackers beginning to play with internet security because of an interest in competitive gaming. The forums are unofficial and not associated with Sony or Microsoft.

PlayStation and Xbox users have suffered cyber attacks before, but the most recent incident is by far the most severe. Back in 2014, hackers leaked the details of 13,000 PlayStation users.