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.