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For you to understand the situation better, you can read this thread where all the Xbox live account hacking problems started being reported/discussed in NeoGAF:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=451055

 

 

 

Now, on to the actual news...

Taken from NeoGAF:

So things just got a whole lot more interesting, as Zoe posted in the Xbox Live Hacking thread.

The news of Xbox Live hacked accounts has been going on still, which was already discussed in a few stories on Giantbomb and Kotaku. It's assumed that Fifa has something to do with all this; that is, people are buying Fifa Ultimate Team packs and flipping them on ebay. Just some random guy and social engineering or something.

But what's new is the fact that one person was hacked twice, with hundreds of dollars taken from her paypal account.

http://hackedonxbox.tumblr.com/post/15365217063/microsoft-a-company-with-no-brains-heart-or-soul


It's an interesting, horrible story, but here's the fascinating part: she was able to chat with the person who hacked her account. And he revealed that he bought the account on TradeTang.

A look at the site (warning: this may be a harmful site so it's NSFW and you should visit it on a secure browser) reveals over a thousand Xbox Live accounts, ready to buy. (edit: a lot of these accounts are ones created specifically for stolen credit card purchases, and not necessarily stolen accounts. Thanks volturnus.)

http://www.tradetang.com/wholesale-Virtual-Products_c40.html (if mods need me to take down this link, I will)

A look at some of the entries:

 



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At your own risk ~

Points are easy to disappear. Please as soon as possible, using the account
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live points 10000 points 2 hours warranty used account please note: now only offer 2 hours warranty.you have to use all points and download all games in 2hours, after 2 hours we won't provide any help
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Nature of the goods: This is not used the new ID, you can modify your password after you, and permanently retained; use this ID to download or the content, all the ID of this machine can be used, not necessarily to use this, and with your machine where the server version and the old ID has nothing to do, please rest assured to use!



What we supply?

---ID with Password From 4000 Points to 12000 points


You need to be Noted:

---What we supply is an account with password which has point available, we don't supply any subscription code!

How we offer the accounts?

---we will send the account information By tradetang message
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10K Points Live Points accounts 10000 Points US Version
the warrantity is 2hours, when buy it,must use all points within 2 hours.thanks.

the warrantity is 2hours, when buy it,must use all points within 2 hours.thanks.

the warrantity is 2hours, when buy it,must use all points within 2 hours.thanks.
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please note: now only offer 2 hours warranty.you have to use all points in this account in 2hours and transfer all contents to your main account :)
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Dear friends : Since the points might expire , please use up the points within the warranty time ,any way ,the sooner the better . .

Thank you. .

If you do not agree with these please buy them eleswhere . thanks for your time :

1 . The accounts are not gold . And it is better not to buy gold membership for the account because it won't last too long . how ever the other items you buy with the points in the account can be there for ever and you can use them on your main account .

2. It will never let your console be banned according to our experience of more than two years .

3 . Please tell me which version you need before you place it

4 . Any other quesitons please feel free to ask me on line through "contact now " or "ask supplier " .. thanks . I am always ready to help you with any questions . Thank you !!

5 .Please complete the order in time after you have received the account and give a possitive feedback as well . We will be grateful for you and give you better and better service .

6 . Scamers / Liers buy eleswhere !!!

Befor place it Please choose the right option of the points.And ask us the warranty time if you want ,there is diffrent warranty time sometimes
Hackers aren't necessarily gaining access to accounts to get some Fifa cards; they're selling them to people that can gain access to your account, buy a bunch of stuff with your points & tie it to their console. Then they abandon the account and you're left with the mess.

This is pretty unreal, and somewhat of a breakthrough as to why there's been so many hacked accounts lately. What's still unanswered: how these people are managing to gain access to all these accounts.


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Hackers need to sell them in Asian Regions asap!



This is like serious right RIGHT?



 

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More from NeoGAF:

Gamesindustry.biz have posted an article about it.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ounts-for-sale

For those who don't have an account (hopefully ok to quote it all...)

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The experiences of a young woman in Texas have highlighted security issues for Microsoft's Xbox Live service, after her account was hacked and points purchased on it sold to the highest bidder.

Susan T shared her story on a blog which documented her correspondence with both Microsoft and someone who had bought the points fraudulently purchased with her account.

She became aware of the problem on January 2 when she received purchase confirmations from Microsoft for 10,000 points and the Family Gold Pack, as well as an email to say the points had been successfully transferred. She had been charged $214.97, and immediately contacted Microsoft's Xbox Phone Support Team, who blocked her account.

On January 4, despite being told her account was blocked, she was charged another $124.98 for another 10,000 points, which were transferred to the user RipplyCorgi16. She contacted Microsoft again, who told her they had been unable to block her account.

72 hours after her initial contact with Microsoft, the account was still not blocked and she was able to contact RipplyCorgi16, the user who had received the latest batch of stolen points.

He told her he was based in Poland and he had purchased the Xbox Live account from a site called TradeTang, a Chinese wholesale site where 10,000 Microsoft Points are currently available for around $30.

He had been directed there by the seller via a Polish trading site called Allegro, and handed over the seller's Allegro username and email address. She has also been in touch with Microsoft again.

"I have spoken to Microsoft again and the rep I chatted to was appalled that no one else had actually managed to get my account blocked since the moment I first reported the issue on Monday."

"He said he is going to pass my case onto the Tier 3 team who will phone me once my account has been blocked and the investigation began."

GamesIndustry.biz has contacted Susan T for an update on the situation.

Late last year Microsoft denied that Xbox Live had been hacked blaming phishing scams.

"Xbox Live has not been hacked. Microsoft can confirm that there has been no breach to the security of our Xbox Live service."

 

 

 

Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34051885&postcount=401



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phishing not hacking



Wasn't it the case of a bunch of idiots handing out their own personal information? After all all you need to get is the Windows live ID and the password, and voila, you're inside the account. Idiot alert, not hacking.



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