Xbox Live accounts weren’t hacked
Xbox Live's Stephen Toulouse explains how his Xbox Live account was hacked and how it can't happen to you... well not easily anyway
Xbox’s Major Nelson’s Live Account Hacked
Microsoft have regularly insisted that Xbox Live account hacks were the result of social engineering and not any sort of exploits in the service’s security. Looks like one of Microsoft’s own empolyees should be a little more careful,then. a high profile account has been hacked – and it’s one belonging to none other than Xbox Live Director Larry Hyrb, better …
Social Engineering is not hacking
Phoning up customer support and convincing them that you are indeed James Patterson the 3rd does not count as hacking. If someone does that and then steals your Xbox Live Gamertag it doesn’t mean that Xbox Live has been hacked. There are now new stories doing the rounds saying that ‘social hackers’ are gaining access to your accounts and taking …
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