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Xbox Live Account Hacked for Recon Armor

It looks like Microsoft has done very little to prevent hackers from stealing Xbox Live accounts, this time somebody's account was stolen in Halo 3 because he had the ultra rare Recon Armour.

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Published: 725 days 7 hours ago | News | Xbox 360

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gamesR4fun - 725 days 8 hours ago

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wow live sounds about has safe has windows...
sad for a closed system run by the self proclaimed system experts....

edit: Point m8 no point in bragging up psn on an xbox thread but this really sucks for all of those paying users. Hope they get the message and fix it.

edit2: started a thread here on how to secure you live account (hopefully well get some good tips) http://forums.n4g.com/prote...
ps if you have any sage advice please add it.

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The BS Police - 725 days 8 hours ago

1.1 - Don't bring PSM into this.

XBL is a great online service, the whole point of this newsstory is to get the word out to Microsoft that they need to add more security into their service.

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jack who - 725 days 8 hours ago

2 - looks like Microsoft has done very little to prevent hackers from stealing Xbox Live accounts

maybe thats because you stealing Xbox Live accounts and useing it at your house...is like goin to a police HQ and stealing a gun....(for those of you that dont know m$ know where you are down to which room in your house when ever you log into live so go ahead steal Xbox Live accounts and enjoy 10 years in jail.

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gamesR4fun - 725 days 8 hours ago

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lol 10 years
lol lol lol
m8 no ones ever gotten charged for stealing an M$ account and Ill guaranty M$ will never charge anyone for it.

edit it be interesting to see someone file a civil suit over it tho unlikely to ever happen.

edit @ jackwho theres a big difference between giving the cops what they have a legal right to demand and putting the money, time and negative pr into policing your own systems... Not like this is a M$ thing tho its pretty standard practice for any big corporation to avoid extra cost and neg publicity m8

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jack who - 725 days 7 hours ago

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ms has alredy used this to help the cops n track missing xbox360 shipment...and you think Ms will never charge anyone for it??...you need to go read the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

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That_Whore - 725 days 7 hours ago

3 - Thats a new LOW.....

Just pathetic.

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Kigmal - 725 days 7 hours ago

4 - Phishing

It's called phishing. People put their real info on their gamercards allowing people to hack into their Windows Live ID.

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Bullseye - 724 days 13 hours ago

4.1 - What you describe

isn't really the definition of phishing, but your point is a very valid one,nonetheless.Never put real world info in to insecure systems,as you imply in your post.A bubble for a very 'aware' comment.

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Mikelarry - 725 days 7 hours ago

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hacking xbox live accounts for gaming rewards some hackers are sad. lol imagine if they catch him and he goes to jail where all the tough guys are bragging about who theyve ****ed and he comes up am here cuz i hacked someones xbox live account cuz he got an ultra rare halo armour. tut tut

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BLuKhaos - 725 days 4 hours ago

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ha ha he's going to get back door hacked

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Mr_Kuwabara - 725 days 6 hours ago

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Wow that really must suck. Having a something rare or a high rank online and boom, everything gone by a ten year old hacker.

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v1c1ous - 725 days 3 hours ago

6.1 - i'm thinking to myself

aside from MMOs, what exactly can you do by hacking a HALo account of all things?

you cant trade items, cause there arent any. you could probably make someone's rank go down by dying a lot but...who knows.

only game i can think this would be really horrible is chromehounds (give away cash to your country...which is a good thing. or sell items...but you can buy em back for same price)

or FF11 :/

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DJ - 725 days 5 hours ago

7 - Damn

Sucks that Microsoft is completely ignoring the account hacking issue; the fact that he was able to get 'protected information' on the guy who hacked his account is already a bad sign.

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Mikey_Gee - 725 days 5 hours ago

7.1 - I really doubt it.

I think you are a little quick to say MS is Ignoring it.

Security is a huge issue with ANY company.

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Texas GMR - 725 days 4 hours ago

8 - I had some "phishing" e-mail this

morning asking me to log into my gold account. I reported it as spam. Hmmm, makes you think.

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Bullseye - 724 days 13 hours ago

8.1 - Yep!

Here phishy phishy :) Good you didn't bite :)

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aba - 725 days 3 hours ago

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Hackers=f@gs. Get a life losers.

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Hatchetforce - 724 days 23 hours ago

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Did you read the original posts - not the ones at Bungie.com but the original thread where the hacker replied? According to the hacker he busted the account by talking to a MS support rep. If he was able to talk the rep out of the info how is that not Microsoft's fault?

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Bullseye - 724 days 13 hours ago

10.2 - Another excellent point!

Hah. Social engineering, the crackers best buddy! You are crack on sir.A good warning to all. feedback for you!

10.1 ^^^^^ I agree MS very lax and irresponsible. You make a great point,but this, as William RLBaker points out,perfectly illustrates social engineering, not a weakness in the actual security 'S/W system' as such,nevertheless a breach in the system as a whole, agreed.

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Blitzed - 724 days 9 hours ago

10.3 - @WilliamRLBaker

Dude, did you even read the story? The hacker replied and said he got the info from MS over the phone. Your right, no hacking, but it is an MS screw up. I have never seen anyone defend a company like you, I hope MS pays your bills, otherwise you are a desperate loser. Jesus, I'm sure MS will rectifdy the problem, so just relax.

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gamesR4fun - 724 days 23 hours ago

11.1 - Im not sure thats the case m8

We know the 360 has been hacked for a while know and from what I know the latest 'soft' mod includes a bybass for M$ security (we know it works has they are still using it on live) imo its not a far step from that to being able to hack M$ security to get a password...
Also the original poster was pretty clear about him not giving out his info and chances of a rep giving out personal info when they get trained not too seem pretty slim...
Still hoping your right tho.

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Blitzed - 724 days 9 hours ago

11.2 - @Bladestar

Read the story and then see my reply to Will above as the same applies to you. It may be a surprise to many of you but MS is fallible, they do make a mistake once in a while.

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MegaTroll - 724 days 12 hours ago

12 - This Proves...

that 3FixMe sucks! See, you pay for online service and you get nothing but aping sh!t in return. PS3 ALL the WAY!

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aba - 723 days 22 hours ago

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and you just proved your a tard. Begone troll, your f@ggotry is not wanted here.

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wallace1000 - 724 days 9 hours ago

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There are some sad people out there. Hacking is lame any day of the week but hacking for armor in a game. Someone needs to get a life i think.

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Pain - 724 days 8 hours ago

15 - Use a Mac

cuz they use exploits in window to get your info right?

Once agin M$ fails. lol M$

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gamesR4fun - 724 days 7 hours ago

16 - 'live' in fear

So basicly any smart ten year old with a grudge can take out your account and theirs nada you can do about it? M$ cant or wont restore accounts yet they want me to pay for their online?
Doubt Ill hook mine up until they fix it...

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