Pro Gamer’s Xbox Live Account Hacked Thrice
In a serious case of account fraud, Engadget reports of pro gamer Skyllus vBi’s encounters with the Xbox Live staff. He was recently awarded with a super-rare recon armor by Bungie staff in Halo 3, which made him the target of hackers and assholes everywhere. And they didn’t have to do much to get into his account either.
The site reports that calling up Xbox Live support and using a flaw in their support system allows unauthorized people to get account details out of the customer support rep without much hassle. This has happened to the said gamer thrice so far, and he is having a lot of problems figuring it out with the support staff. This account access gives the ‘hackers’ easy access to not only his in-game armor, but also his credit card information and other sensitive information.
January 24th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Dude that sucks. I feel bad for the dude, I mean, he obviously earned it somehow. I could understand why people would do it when it comes to credit card information, but like, I don’t understand how they could get the armour without having to use his account… Maybe I’m just not seeing a minor detail or somthing about it. On a happier note, Bungie stated that it is possible for other players to get Recon, NOT the flaming helmet plate. For all those that don’t know, the helmet itself is not what is flaming, it is the “Flaming Helmet Plate” that causes the flaming helmet effect, therefore Bungie staff can where any helmet, and make it flame by wearing the body armour. Anyway, you will have to compleate a number of tasks before getting the armour, such tasks are included in the Recon pack which will not be released for a little while, read more here!
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/reconclarification.html
January 26th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I had my account hacked recently as well. The staff took what seemed liek forever to get me my account back. They told me they were investigating the account…took about 3 weeks before I was back one LIVE again.