Top PlayStation trophy hunter permanently banned, blames hacker

David Tremblay, who once held the record for earning the most PlayStation Trophies, has been permanently banned from the PlayStation Network. His PSN account, dav1d_123, was "permanently suspended" earlier this week over alleged rule violations. Tremblay blames a hacker and Sony’s "incompetent" support and security teams.

He had been the top PSN Trophy holder and even received a Guinness World Records entry for the most Platinum trophies. Last October he retired from trophy hunting after a hacker allegedly took over his account; Tremblay says the attacker bypassed his 2FA and used phishing tactics via PSN chat support.

After that incident he tweeted, "Your PSN account isn’t safe. Anyone can steal your account." Last week he spoke to a major tech outlet about PSN security, and after calling out the hacker’s attempt to extort him the attacker allegedly got his PlayStation account permabanned.

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