Latest XBL Exploit Takes Aim at User's Credit Cards
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Sentox6 said:
It's really getting on my nerves to, these articles are making giant bounds of assumption in these threads and sparking panic for no real reason (maybe a good one, as everyone should be cautious, but still).Wuffykins said:
This is just a phishing scam, it's not hackers or exploiting code or whatever. This article blatantly contradicts itself when saying "Microsoft has posted a Service Alert, warning Xbox Live users that their credit cards have been compromised by hackers through a Modern Warfare 2 exploit."
And yet in the very next sentence
"Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warfare 2," the warning reads.
Phishing =/= Hacking
Seriously, Escapist, get your shit together, and I say that in a sincere way. I'm starting to see a pattern with these kinds of articles, it's more of an editorial than a news site.
Agreed. It's also odd that this is tagged as a Microsoft problem, when the quoted forum post indicated that the real issue was with Activision's database. Besides, if a cracker had your credit card details, why bother with a money-with-menaces-via-Paypal fraud when he could as easily just drain the account directly?Sentox6 said:
No I didn't. In fact, you'll see the exact words I used are in there as well, especially as the only thing linked is Sony's official statement on the matter. That article just then made the general leap that EVERYTHING was taken afterwards, which this article continued.KeyMaster45 said:
Almost seems like there's a full blown coordinated attack at work here. Maybe 'anon' could use it's super powers to find these turds and bring them before the people.
Good God, Escapist. Please stop with the idiotic, over-spun headlines. The PSN has been hacked, yes, but you'll notice that they've specifically said that "there is no evidence" that credit card info has been stolen. Thus, Sony did NOT state that all of the PSN data has been stolen. With regards to this, it's a phishing scam, which does NOT entail "their credit cards have been compromised."
I understand you have to get hits on the site, but you're helping no one by exaggerating the truth here.
I understand you have to get hits on the site, but you're helping no one by exaggerating the truth here.
sensationalism getting a bit out of hand. Sony doesn't know if card info was accessed yet, and this has been a long running hack on the 360 and even popped up briefly on the ps3 when custom firmware allowed full psn. - Basically, it allows you to fuck up another players prestige, I've never heard of them asking for money to fix it tho.
Again, fuck these people and their defenders.
Again, fuck these people and their defenders.
Uhm, what? This doesn't exactly sound like our info was compromised. It sounds like some games were compromised and the responsible parties are demanding $10 to fix their targets accounts. If they had the CC info, why would they do this "Give us $10 and we'll fix your stats" nonsense if they could just take your info and go buy themselves some stuff on their own.
I think this author needs to do some more research and learn the difference between phishing and hacking. How you get "Microsoft has posted a Service Alert, warning Xbox Live users that their credit cards have been compromised by hackers through a Modern Warfare 2 exploit." from "Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warfare 2." is beyond me.
Let me ask you this, would you hate anyone who still supports the police after a week of stories about dirty cops? If you answered yes, at least you're consistent in your ignorance. But if you answered no, maybe it's time to think about why (which should be "not all cops are dirty just because some of them are") and start applying that reason to other groups.
I think this author needs to do some more research and learn the difference between phishing and hacking. How you get "Microsoft has posted a Service Alert, warning Xbox Live users that their credit cards have been compromised by hackers through a Modern Warfare 2 exploit." from "Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warfare 2." is beyond me.
Anyone who thinks all hackers are evil after this week... can.... go away...Ilikemilkshake said:Anyone who still supports hackers after this week... can... go away...
Let me ask you this, would you hate anyone who still supports the police after a week of stories about dirty cops? If you answered yes, at least you're consistent in your ignorance. But if you answered no, maybe it's time to think about why (which should be "not all cops are dirty just because some of them are") and start applying that reason to other groups.
What the fuck is going on here?
How are both Sony AND Microsoft so incompetant that hackers can stroll in like this (IN UNISON) and take up shop in their networks.
How are both Sony AND Microsoft so incompetant that hackers can stroll in like this (IN UNISON) and take up shop in their networks.
Agreed with both points. Escapist sensationalizes far too much and idiots stigmatize all hackers.mjc0961 said:Uhm, what? This doesn't exactly sound like our info was compromised. It sounds like some games were compromised and the responsible parties are demanding $10 to fix their targets accounts. If they had the CC info, why would they do this "Give us $10 and we'll fix your stats" nonsense if they could just take your info and go buy themselves some stuff on their own.
I think this author needs to do some more research and learn the difference between phishing and hacking. How you get "Microsoft has posted a Service Alert, warning Xbox Live users that their credit cards have been compromised by hackers through a Modern Warfare 2 exploit." from "Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warfare 2." is beyond me.
Anyone who thinks all hackers are evil after this week... can.... go away...Ilikemilkshake said:Anyone who still supports hackers after this week... can... go away...
Let me ask you this, would you hate anyone who still supports the police after a week of stories about dirty cops? If you answered yes, at least you're consistent in your ignorance. But if you answered no, maybe it's time to think about why (which should be "not all cops are dirty just because some of them are") and start applying that reason to other groups.
With all the shit that is going on because of those bad-apple hackers, I can't really blame anyone for disliking said hackers.mjc0961 said:Anyone who thinks all hackers are evil after this week... can.... go away...Ilikemilkshake said:Anyone who still supports hackers after this week... can... go away...
Let me ask you this, would you hate anyone who still supports the police after a week of stories about dirty cops? If you answered yes, at least you're consistent in your ignorance. But if you answered no, maybe it's time to think about why (which should be "not all cops are dirty just because some of them are") and start applying that reason to other groups.
We're not addressing the "good" hackers here, those hackers aren't in this situation. It's those few "bad apples" that are going over and making shit happen for everyone else. Black hat hackers get the most attention because they cause the most ruckus, so I can't really blame anyone for having this kind of hate towards them, even if it is (un)fairly justified (whatever).
Don't misunderstand me, though, on the rest of your post I agree completely. The Escapist's recent sensationalism (hell, it's been going on for a while even before this) type of journalism is getting on my nerves. I really should keep up with other websites instead of this one.
Hey, at least Xbox fans can't complain that Sony gets all the hacker love, now they have their own attacks to say "Hey, someone cares about stealing our money too!"
This is just a sad day. Sony's taken down, and now XBL is being attacked. You'd think major million (or billion) dollar companies would ensure that they had extra hack free systems, guess their spending all that money on motion controls and now a glassesless 3D somethingness
This is just a sad day. Sony's taken down, and now XBL is being attacked. You'd think major million (or billion) dollar companies would ensure that they had extra hack free systems, guess their spending all that money on motion controls and now a glassesless 3D somethingness