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Hard at work this morning, I stumbled across a post on HUKD regarding Xbox Live accounts being hacked, migrated to Russia, points cleaned out and purchases made on the registered credit/debit card.

Not sure if any of you xbox owners were aware of this? It`s certainly news to me... Seems to be happening on quite a large scale too, over on AVForums (I`m not a member, wasn`t being disloyal, just followed a link!), they have a whole thread about it. A lot of the stolen points/money are spent on Fifa coins apparently. There doesn`t appear to be any phishing or anything involved - you just get up one morning, and your account is gone.

Microsoft do seem to investigate some of the cases, but it can leave the users without their live account for 3-4 weeks.

I guess the moral of the story is not to leave anything on your account, be it points or card details, that you wouldn`t want anybody else having access to.

What does amuse me though is that a few months back when PSN was down, I`m sure I heard "well, you get what you pay for. This would never happen on live".

They spoke too soon I guess.

That`s why I`ll never pay for online

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Don`t have CC registered with Xbox - buy points instead. Think it`s safer that way.



IN MADNESS YOU DWELL

This item was edited on Wednesday, 9th November 2011, 12:38

A mate of mine has had his account hacked and now has no live for a month.

Regards,

The Jackal

Xbox live account has been hacked and £50 spent on my account. It would seem to be because of EA and someone has purchased stuff for FIFA 12 which I do not even own. If you have an EA account and Xbox live make sure they have different passwords NOW. I am now blocked from live for 30 days while they investigate it. I have been given a months worth for nothing though and just need a new Game tag to use for a month while they sort it out.. Any suggestions?

Regards,

The Jackal
http://www.xboxgamertag.com/gamercard/The Jackal 72/fullnxe/card.png

Sorry to hear that mate. Total scumbags.

Just called them up to remove my payment card, not taking chances!