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Some Xbox Live accounts hacked [update 1]

Over the weekend a group of hackers hijacked Windows Live IDs through Bungie.net and supposedly took over all accounts associated within those IDs. ZDNet.com compiled a list of sources who are confirming such hacks after a security researcher over at Digital Munition released a full disclosure report. ZDNet.com then received emails from Xbox Live members confirming that their accounts have been taken over and that everything from fraudulent charges on their account to password changes occurred. So far Microsoft has somewhat admitted to the problem, but hasn't been overly helpful. There has been no official word from Microsoft, but in a phone conversation with a Xbox Live Tech they said that "hackers have control of Xbox live and there is nothing we can do about it".

Have you noticed anything screwy with your Xbox Live account or Windows Live ID? So far we haven't heard anything from the fanboy community, making us believe this is a much more isolated problem then ZDNet.com makes it appear. But we definitely think Microsoft needs to either come out and admit to the problem and tell us what happened or squash this over-zealous rumor. This whole hacking problem further begs the question; why can't hackers and gamers live in harmony?

Update 1: This mystery has been solved!

[Via Digg]

Xbox 360 hacked, but quickly patched

Back in January, we reported on a possible Xbox 360 OS hack that came from a German hacker's congress. Today, we learn from a post on SecurityFocus that indeed it was real, because there is proof that those hackers found a way to break Microsoft's iron clad code. As the story goes, back in November a vulnerability was found due to "Unsigned Code Execution in Hypervisor Mode" in the latest kernel update. In the end, this vulnerability could potentially allow full access to the Xbox 360's OS and hackers to wreak whatever hacking havoc they wished. But before you get too excited about running Windows Vista on your 360, the problem has since been fixed. Microsoft was notified back in January about the problem and they quickly released an auto-update six days later to prevent anyone from exploiting the bad code.

So ... any uber cool hacker up for teaching the rest of us some l33t hacking skills? We're thinking something along the lines of "Hacking Xbox 360s for Dummies".

[Via Xbox-Scene]

Unlimited Xbox Live 1 month trial ... twah?


We received the above YouTube video via a tip and it will have Microsoft scratching their collective heads. It looks like thedalmeny was able to make their 1 month Xbox Live gold trial last ... forever. The video above shows their Xbox account with an "enabled" status even though the trial period ended December 1st, 2006. So, in theory, their trial has expired, but the account status is enabled meaning they still have access to gold features. We're a little curious to how this was exploited, whether it was done through a browser, through their 360, or a combination of both. No matter, someone is always trying to beat the system and stick it to the man!

[Thanks, Andy]



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