ugh can you guys take the argument elsewhere...

OT: I hope this problem gets resolved fast, it seems it XBL wasn't directly hacked, look like they used third party sites to gain access to some accounts that have the same information as their XBL accounts. Don't want to have another Sony event on our hands. though reading the gameinformer article it seems one of their readers lost/charged $100(though I will have to take that with a little bit of salt as PS3 users were "crying wolf" as well)

I hope these hackers gets what's coming to them.

Its so funny seeing how badly Sony fans want this to be xbl. It won't happen. MS has paid employees daily running xbl. Because xbl gold is subsciption. As said before you get what you pay for. Lol.

yeah, you pay to play online. I play online for free. Lol. Anyone that would want this on someone else is just retarded. 

Tbh with the vague title, I am surprised we aren't at 6 pages already with around 123818312 trolls piping in how shit xbox live is(Even though this leak has no relevance to the actual xbox live according to the article), even if you pay for it, we'll just settle with about 4.

Seriously I am a massive Sony fan but this is not funny, what's wrong with this group who are they aiming to hurt. I hope they die.

Yes it is sad. How many Sony fans are in here hoping its xbl. Its rediculous. I defended Sony. Even if it was there own fault for leaving the door open. I still defended than. hackers should be shot. They are nothing but thieves.

Good that it seems to be a breach of 3rd party websites and not a direct breach of XBL nor Microsoft.

Hilarious trolling the jbity troll guy.

CVG

Microsoft has moved to clarify that the security of Xbox Live has not been compromised, after hacking group LulzSec published what appear to be personal details and password data from users.

According to CBC, 'Lulz Security' claims that it has released log-in information for 62,000 private internet accounts Thursday, including Facebook, PayPal, dating sites, Xbox Live and Twitter.

Despite initial panic over the gaming-related section of the information echoing Anonymous' attack on PlayStation Network - after which Sony took its online service down for almost four weeks - Microsoft has dismissed the worries. It said in a subsequent statement:

"This group appears to have posted a list of thousands of potential email addresses and passwords, and encouraged users to try them across various online sites like Xbox Live in the event one of the users happens to use the same password and email address combination. At this time we do not have any evidence Xbox Live has been compromised. However we take the security of our service seriously and work on an ongoing basis to improve it against evolving threats."

The list is reportedly made up of data from mostly US accounts but includes hundreds of Canadians, as well as citizens from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.

CBC says that some of the names include journalists and government employees, including provincial public servants in Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island and at least one municipal worker in Whitehorse.

LulzSec said on its Twitter account that it uploaded the file containing all the information to a file-sharing site Thursday morning. The site took it down, but it was uploaded again on Thursday evening, before being taken down once more. LulzSec reported thousands of downloads before it was removed.

Bragging phrases on the hacking group's Twitter include the line: "Envelope yourself in the sickening realization that you secretly love f--king someone's Facebook life beyond repair."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/308005/news/xbox-live-has-not-been-hacked-microsoft/