Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Microsoft Flaw Opened Door to Scammers, Analysts Say
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> | It's unclear how long the flaw may have existed or how many accounts
> | with deceptive instant-messenger IDs could have been created. Duindam
> | said a fake ID he created was still active on Tuesday morning.
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> http://www.cio.com/article/120100/Microsoft_Flaw_Opened_Door_to_Scammers_Analysts_Say
This is only the tip of the iceberg. There continues to be serious fraud
committed against Live account holders, and Microsoft are apparently
impotent in the face of this problem:
http://slated.org/stolen_xbox_live_accounts
And after all the evidence, MS are still in denial:
"we have looked into the situation and found no evidence of any
compromise of the security of the Xbox Live Network or Bungie.net."
http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/03/21/xbox-live-security-3-21.aspx
Good God man! Look at the damn video! Read the Blogs and news reports!
Hell - try listening to your *own* customers!
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=131
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11452
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/467
http://newbc.blackcode.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=396&start=0&rid=0
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen-245887.php
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38383
http://www.ditii.com/blog/2007/03/21/xbox-live-stolen-accounts/
http://www.digitalbattle.com/2007/03/21/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen/
http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/87191
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/23/xbox_live_pretexting/
Pwn3d.
Microsoft and their b0rken software, hardware, and "standards" needs to
be eradicated permanently, as a matter of urgency.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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