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IGN states there IS a security loophole on xbox hackers are using

Posted on 1/13/12 at 4:43 pm
Posted by markasaurus
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
2996 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 4:43 pm
I made a thread Monday stating I got hacked, and sure enough this might be how it happened.

LINK

Glad my thread helped some of you get on the phone and start removing your card info, but for anyone else thinking it can't happen to them, at least change your password to something strong for now

And in releasing this article, it also INFORMS potential hackers how to infact, hack. So its almost counter productive, there's the potential even more people will now exploit it
This post was edited on 1/13/12 at 4:45 pm
Posted by LewDawg
Member since May 2009
76997 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 4:44 pm to
At least people still get to play video games. I mean sure, they're probably losing money at the cyclic rate and having their identity stolen but you have no idea how rough that month was for me.
This post was edited on 1/13/12 at 5:02 pm
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45578 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 5:02 pm to
Well shite in my cereal and call it lucky charms
Posted by tom
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2007
8657 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 5:13 pm to
quote:

And in releasing this article, it also INFORMS potential hackers how to infact, hack


Nothing in that article is about a hack. It's just brute force password guessing that gets idiots with simple passwords.
Posted by HamSandwich
Member since Sep 2010
1462 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 5:18 pm to
quote:

idiots with simple passwords

Definitely microsoft's fault
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
15321 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 5:20 pm to
I'm guessing that most people put down the same email/password combo for the EA account that they did with the XBL account. I went back and updated both my EA/XBL accounts.
Posted by nino2469
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2004
5530 posts
Posted on 1/13/12 at 10:04 pm to
I changed my password on xbox.com, how do I sign into my account on my xbox now?

edit: figured it out
This post was edited on 1/13/12 at 10:37 pm
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