Microsoft addresses recent Xbox Live account thefts
It seems that hackers have managed to find a new loop hole (although Microsoft prefers not to call it that) via the account logins, which allows them to steal the Xbox Live accounts of other users.
XBL user Jason Coutee lost $100 when hackers broke into his account and after doing some detective work of his own, he discovered a way in which the hackers could have taken over his account.
Apparently, he discovered that there's a way for hackers steal passwords more efficiently by manipulating an exploit that can get around the typical CAPTCHA box that appears after failing to login into the service. Thanks to this, hackers are able to run a script that enters in a series of passwords, without interruptions from that particular security measure (for the most part anyway).
When Microsoft learned about this whole ordeal, they had this to say:
Microsoft also said that these kinds of intrusions are also likely the result of nasty pieces of malware and various phising schemes from differing sources that are being used to snatch up passwords.
So, if you're an Xbox Live user, be sure that your password is a secure one.
Man, this hacking crap is getting old fast.
» Source: http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/121/1216502p1.html
» Tagged In: #Hacking, #Ryan Conway, #Xbox 360, #Xbox Live
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SentryIII
No system is ever 100% secure. If anyone can access it from the internet, assume everyone can access it from the internet. All you can do is make it as hard as possible to break into. This is IT Security 101. The fact that someone found a vulnerability in the system means it can now be fixed.
Zanon
looking at this I say to those xbox fans who said they couldn't get hacked, this is showing you first hand it can happen to anyone.
Tpayne80
I still say hacking is the only way to get your point across but taking peoples info is going to far. Take down a website/sever is ok in my book.
gonzoneil
you're so ignorant. hacking is the only way to get your point across? by extension, are bombs the only way to initiate political change?
what you are defending is terrorism.
Tpayne80
I should have said a big way to get your point crossed. "defending is terrorism" Someone's brainwashed by the Gov't and the MSM. lol Hacking isn't terrorism. Maybe u should go learn something about what the real hackers do. (and by real i mean the ones that fight for good.Putting out info that the gov't/big companies don't want u to see.
gonzoneil
I'm not fucking brainwashed by the government. I'm informed. don't give me that shit that I don't know what I'm talking about. terrorism is the systematic use of fear for coercion. that's exactly what groups like Anonymous do.
you wanna trash our president and our government but it seems to me that you aren't even that educated about the English language.
Kenshiro3
One man's "terrorism" is another man's "freedom fighting". As long as an action scares someone it can be labeled as a form of terrorism. Believe it or not the United States of America was FORMED through acts of what would be deemed "Terrorism". One could EASILY make the claim that the US Government is using fear to manage its Citizens & the Public Opinion. If that Engaging in the Systematic use of Fear for the purpose of Coercion i don't know what is. Also that's also not including the shit the US Military pulls in the name of "The War on Terror." Fact is Terrorism is a very common place & effective political tool, nothing more nothing less... one might say the MOST common and effective. EVERYONE uses it in some form, level, & degree or another. It's coercion in its purest form. "Do what i say or i will hurt you" "If you don't want this to happen again you will do what i say" "if you want to live you will do exactly as I say"
Also you are misunderstanding what he is saying. Sadly you are misunderstanding what he is saying. He is saying that the only way to stop those who use force, realistically speaking, is with the use of force otherwise you just end up trampled under their boot-heels, metaphorically speaking.
Tpayne80
Wake up why dont u lol. The US Gov't is corrupt.It isn't terrorism,It was't call that till the gov't started saying it was lol. Dude idk why u are so mad that im talk shit about a Gov't that cant do its job.
gonzoneil
because you don't know anything about what you are talking about.
KamenRiderAnt
Tpayne is an effin' tool sometimes. I don't know why you people validate his temporary stupidity by actually arguing with him. Though it does scare me greatly when I find myself agreeing with him sometimes (just not this time) =P