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Title: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: TraderJake on March 21, 2007, 03:11:31 PM This is big news, if substantiated, but all of the major gaming outlets are reporting on XBox live being hacked.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/21/microsoft-investigating-possible-xbox-live-hacking/ http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen-245887.php http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=131 Comments, thoughts, concerns? Personally I hope Microsoft can get the holes fixed as quickly as possible, so that people are a)not stealing points and b)giving themselves an unfair advantage. Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: Tynstar on March 21, 2007, 03:18:42 PM That sucks. I hope PSU is not messed with. If so it will be ruined like it is on the PC and PS2. Microsoft better step up and fix this quick if it is happening.
Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: Tan on March 21, 2007, 03:30:57 PM Wow, who'd have thought being denied a service that only the US get's (windows live integration) would finally pay off. :P
Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: Tondog on March 21, 2007, 03:56:21 PM Hopefully no one got ripped off by the hackers.
Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: OatBob on March 21, 2007, 04:00:53 PM Yeah, that's a serious concern since a lot of gamer's credit cards are attached to their live accounts.
Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: Tondog on March 21, 2007, 05:41:45 PM http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/microsoft-responds-to-live-hack-concerns-246044.php
"Recently, there have been reports of fraudulent activity and account theft taking place on the Xbox LIVE network. Security is a top priority for Xbox LIVE, and we are actively investigating all reports of fraudulent behavior and theft. Any customer with a question about the security of their Xbox LIVE account should contact 1-800-4-MY-Xbox, and an Xbox Customer Service Representative will help them understand our security policies and procedures" Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: UNFORGIVINGPAIN on March 21, 2007, 09:49:27 PM Sony did it
Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: The Metamorphosing Leon on March 21, 2007, 09:50:50 PM I am teh HaXX0rz!!!!
No not really, wouldn't know how. It was bound to happen sooner or later. We know how M$ deals with internet security... Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: phoenix1967 on March 23, 2007, 10:10:48 AM As of last night, this was all regarding as rumor per Microsoft per the brief article on teamxbox.com.
We'll see if there's more on this soon, I'm sure. Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: TraderJake on March 23, 2007, 12:08:04 PM May or may not be related to the hacking, but xbox live is going down from midnight to 2pm Pacific on Tuesday.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-live/xbox-live-going-down-needs-a-touch+up-246503.php Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: phoenix1967 on March 23, 2007, 01:40:27 PM They're about due for maintenence. They do this roughly every 2 or 3 months.
Or MAYBE they're getting ready for the Halo 3 Beta... :drool: Title: Re: XBox Live Possibly Hacked! Post by: captain_nintendo on March 26, 2007, 12:58:26 PM May or may not be related to the hacking, but xbox live is going down from midnight to 2pm Pacific on Tuesday. http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-live/xbox-live-going-down-needs-a-touch+up-246503.php XBL is about tdue for maintenance. Seems like ther was a major DC issue the other day. >:( |