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[Martinchris23]

QUOTE(ZprivateZ @ Mar 29 2010, 11:24 PM)

Seems to me they need to spend more time and money securing their service, they always saying they are making live safer for you but if your account gets jacked and information is compromised that doesn't seem to safe to me. Time for them to invest some of that money they nickle and dimming people out of and put it to better use other then lining their pockets after all this is why you supposedly pay for this service.

My sentiments exactly - prosecuting the guy who did this is like shooting the messenger. Instead of taking it out on him, MN should be coming down on his employer for not having better security measures, especially when you consider that it's a paid-for service and you could have a Credit Card associated with the account.

[xmugen360]

after i started fudging with game profiles with le fluffie and modio i could actually see how gamertags could get hacked via the xuid# and a copy of someone's profile...just throwing that out there...

i dont think anyone's account is truly truly safe anymore

[somenutter]

Thats a shame but, ive never really liked that bloke  

[xmugen360]

QUOTE(somenutter @ Mar 30 2010, 01:09 AM)

Thats a shame but, ive never really liked that bloke  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jester.gif)

for the record i dont care for him either...and viewing other posts the sentiment seems shared if microblows is reading this i wonder if they will consider this...

with that said hacking people's gamertags is lame and the dark side of the force never a good reason to put someone through that in my view people need to get a life

[xcalixxryderx]

Lol I just read on the xbox forums yesterday morning about someone who was worried about being hacked and they told him not to be concerned because it couldnt be done (unless he gave his pass) and if it could one of the big guys such as Nelson would have been hacked already.

[xmugen360]

isnt that the point of all this? i didnt read the forum you refer to in ur post but in the case of this one hacker he saw that there was well lets just say a potential business opportunity with his new found ability to hack gamertags and who better to show his power than nelson's tag....i honestly doubt this was done the "social engineering" route...

[scuba156]

Wont be hard for them to catch this guy...

[tomgreen99200]

Wow, that is too funny. Poor Major Smellson. I wonder how they did this though.

This post has been edited by tomgreen99200: Mar 30 2010, 03:11 AM

[wildwild]

I don't find this funny simply because they fixed his shit right away, what if that was one of us? they would have said " your account can't get hacked, you bought the shit that was ordered on xbox live, sorry sir we can't help you" but this fucking cornball works for the company and didn't have to press one for english or talk to "max" please microsoft don't get me started!

[SovietSlayer]

QUOTE(sabbath_dude @ Mar 29 2010, 11:21 AM)

I think the whole thing is kinda funny . Personally I can't stand the guy. He's like someones creepy dad that tries to act cool for the kids. Always updating his twitter with random crap about the awesome stuff he's currently up to   . He's a really strange/bad choice for the job IMO

+2, exactly the same vibe I got from him when I met him.

[HUmarX]

down with "major nelson"

does microsoft think anyone enjoys looking at some 60 year old pedophile lookin' guy talk about xbox? fuk no, give us a hot girl (ala IGN) or anything besides that creep

This post has been edited by HUmarX: Mar 30 2010, 04:21 AM

[tbb033]

I just hope Major Healy and Dr. Bellows's accounts are more secure.

[Mr N]

QUOTE(vb_encryption_vb @ Mar 29 2010, 08:34 PM)

If you knew anything about how it happened, which obviously you don't, you would know there wasn't "NO" guessing involved....There is a number of possibilities on how this was done..exploits,keyloggers, hell it could have been someone he personally knows looking for some fame and fortune...Point being if you we're to try and "Guess" the account after say 3 tried the account would be locked up for a bit...

I know just as much about how this happened as you do. Besides, I believe I did say guessing (or social engineering) was the "most likely" scenario. Yes, there are other ways to go about hacking an account, but using the e-mail password reset trick is one of the more likely scenarios, especially when you consider the fact that a high ranking executive at Twitter's e-mail account was "hacked" using this method, as well as former Alaska governor and U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

"Big names" and celebrities aren't immune to this trick and in some cases are more vulnerable, especially if they answer the password reset question honestly. In the case of the Twitter executive, the "hacker" found the answer by searching the guy's blogs and tweets. In Sarah Palin's case, all it took was some minor research. It's not too difficult when some of the questions include: "What elementary school did you attend?", "What is your mother's maiden name?", and "What is the name of your first pet?". All of this information could be in a blog, forum post, or simply a matter of public record.

QUOTE(tbb033 @ Mar 30 2010, 05:11 AM)

I just hope Major Healy and Dr. Bellows's accounts are more secure.

     

[[_BRIAN_]]

Hopefully this turns out to be a good thing.  It is pretty much impossible to stop people from going to fake sites to get free xbl months and points.  I am going to assume this hack was just calling a csr and begging them to change the email and reset the password.  This is what needs to be fixed.  They also need to improve on how long it takes people to get there accounts back.

[HotKnife420]

Yes, hacking someone's gamertag who has control of MS actions. That'll show 'em...