What, really? Has this happened for anyone else? When i got my account back all the points they bought were still there but the moment I bought something all of the points went to 0 within a few hours. I assumed MS had taken them away.
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gregor7777
Banned
Points? No.
Games? Yes. I got Crysis 2 PC, BF:BC2 PC, and Dawn of War 2 PC out of the mess.
Did they take away the remaining points on your account or did the hacker already spend them?
The Grim Heaper
Member
Someone bought about 7.5k points and bought a bunch of games with it and there was about 910 points left. MS didn't refund me but my bank did. I had about 900 points leftover and I used them how I pleased.
Well that sucks for me. They totally wiped out all of the points on my account. At least I think they did. Would've been a nice thank you for sticking around while my account was hijacked for over a month.
I got hacked apparently back in March, but I noticed on may 1st. I told them about it, they locked me out a few days, and asked for all xbox's I own's info (they said any xbox besides my own would be banned from xbox live), then I got my points back. Here's a list of the games they purchased :
I mean, none of them really look too good for me to buy, but if Microsoft lets people keep the content from their account getting compromised I'm sure I'll try some of it out. On the downside, I really want to play Skullgirls online, but I don't trust Xbox Live enough anymore to give them my CC info for $2 for 2 months, so I guess I'll have to wait for a sale on that :/
I mean, none of them really look too good for me to buy, but if Microsoft lets people keep the content from their account getting compromised I'm sure I'll try some of it out. On the downside, I really want to play Skullgirls online, but I don't trust Xbox Live enough anymore to give them my CC info for $2 for 2 months, so I guess I'll have to wait for a sale on that :/
Speedymanic
Banned
do you have Paypal? You can use PP to pay for gold subs through XBL. Or, as someone recommended not so long ago, get a prepaid credit card and use that.
I'm giving serious thought to doing just that as there are quite a few games I want for my WP7 but MS, rather stupidly, don't let you buy them using MSP.
Paypal I try to steer away from, but I tried using a prepaid visa I use for less than secure stuff got an error that apparently has to do with prepaid cards. Even tried adding it on the webpage first then using it on the xbox, but no dice.
Speedymanic
Banned
Really? Goddamn it, MS.
Shit. My secondary account was hacked yesterday. I logged on my primary account today and saw that my secondary account was online 1 day ago which was impossible.
Then I saw the achievements history and it has 5 FIFA 12 online achievements obtained yesterday.... The only game I played previously with that account was Gears 2, Orange Box, Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: WT.
The strange thing is that my account is associated with a gmail account that has a 5 digit and 12 letter password (all random...) and it has 2-step authentication so how did they hacked my account?!?!?
EDIT: 3 premium jumbo packs bought. There goes 720 MSP.
Then I saw the achievements history and it has 5 FIFA 12 online achievements obtained yesterday.... The only game I played previously with that account was Gears 2, Orange Box, Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: WT.
The strange thing is that my account is associated with a gmail account that has a 5 digit and 12 letter password (all random...) and it has 2-step authentication so how did they hacked my account?!?!?
EDIT: 3 premium jumbo packs bought. There goes 720 MSP.
dancrane212
Member
This might be worthy of a new thread but there is a great article on hackedonxbox on how accounts are getting hacked.
http://www.hackedonxbox.com/how-and-why-your-xbox-live-accounts-are-hacked/
Microsoft needs to jump on this, it's really worrying to see it wasn't just a phishing scam.
http://www.hackedonxbox.com/how-and-why-your-xbox-live-accounts-are-hacked/
Microsoft needs to jump on this, it's really worrying to see it wasn't just a phishing scam.
dancrane212
Member
Palette Swap
Member
Garcia el Gringo
Member
Very interesting article. Half of me wants that to be true so I can point a finger at MS, but the other half of me is afraid of it being true since it's just so fucked up.
dancrane212
Member
Hopefully someone will open a thread then.
Garcia el Gringo
Member
Microsoft responds to Kotaku
"the specific examples in this article contain information that is invalid and out-of-date"
Welp, okay...
"the specific examples in this article contain information that is invalid and out-of-date"
Welp, okay...
a Master Ninja
Member
They do, which I didn't expect.
IISANDERII
Member
And with that, Microsoft has just admitted they had flaws in their security.
Inch by inch, the Berlin Wall of PR denial comes closer to being torn down.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
I don't understand the article so they just have to wildly guess at the last 4 of your credit card and secret question answer?
Wierd, is this on the xbox or the website?
My bad. Through XBOX.com
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Was going to take up on the GoD sale but after reading that link, i wont be adding any credit card to my live account for anything.
toythatkills
Member
Buy them with Microsoft Points then.
Speedymanic
Banned
Wat? O_O
They admitted nothing. You're reading far too much into comments and interpreting them wrongly.
Nothing there is them directly or indirectly admitting to anything.
And that other link, Jesus. people will really believe anything. O_O
RedNumberFive
Banned
Except that leaving leftover MS points on his account makes it just as desirable for theft.
GhastlyGaseous
Member
Well, I come to join the club of people who have been FIFAd. Someone accessed my account to purchase points that they then used to purchase FIFA ultimate team packs. Xbox support that I chatted with was very helpfull, and they went some extra steps to help, especially given that xbox is not supported in the country that I live in right now. As it is, I am waiting for someone to call me, and they say that the issue should be resolved in 1-2 days. What I am really annoyed about is the person who hacked my account also spent all of the microsoft points that I had been saving up, and I had a nice little nest egg from the xbox rewards program.
EDIT: wow, if jackers can seriously get all of the information just from social engineering like they state in those articles, then microsoft does have a serious problem to look at, even if all information was supposedly incorrect or out of date.
EDIT: wow, if jackers can seriously get all of the information just from social engineering like they state in those articles, then microsoft does have a serious problem to look at, even if all information was supposedly incorrect or out of date.
Gotta add just enough to fund the purchase so you can maintain a zero balance.
My sole account got FIFA'd while I was away on vacation - I logged in after two weeks away from home and got the "your account was last logged in on another console" pop-up. :/ After some digging on Xbox.com through my account history, I found about 1000 points spent on FIFA packs and 3 new achievements on FIFA, a game that I don't even own. Luckily, I was paranoid enough to remove my CC info when the PSN hack happened, and I've used prepaid cards for my Live sub for years.
I contacted MS support on the phone, told them the whole story (and that I was familiar with FIFA account hacks), and they were surprisingly responsive. My account was never taken offline, but they did force another account redownload even though I'd already done that, and they issued me a code for 1000 points, all within 24 hours.
I have no concept of how secure my account is now (admittedly, I did have a really simple password on it), but hey, Internet tough guy, you just bought me 35 free Gamerscore points!
It also justifies my refusal to tie my CC to any of my consoles.
I contacted MS support on the phone, told them the whole story (and that I was familiar with FIFA account hacks), and they were surprisingly responsive. My account was never taken offline, but they did force another account redownload even though I'd already done that, and they issued me a code for 1000 points, all within 24 hours.
I have no concept of how secure my account is now (admittedly, I did have a really simple password on it), but hey, Internet tough guy, you just bought me 35 free Gamerscore points!
It also justifies my refusal to tie my CC to any of my consoles.Garcia el Gringo
Member
This is still happening? I guess it wouldn't stop until the new security is implemented. Where's that two-step, Microsoft? It's been quite a while since the announcement that it would be rolling out within the next couple of months. Well, it's been a couple of months; over four.
The funny thing is they have the most bizarre form of 2 step ever if you want to check your points spent. To get onto microsoft billing they send a verification code...to your secondary email listed used to reset your pw if you forget the one for your live id.
Palette Swap
Member
I got this today when I tried adding points from my iPhone. Funnily enough, they didn't do the 2 step check when I actually bought stuff off the marketplace earlier on the same device, which seems random to me.
It's nice to finally know how this is happening. I'll still feel a lot better with 2-step authentication.
LAUGHTREY
Modesty becomes a woman
My live just ran out, and I noticed in the CC field it's sending the email to the jackass that had my account last year, and apparently theres no way to remove his email from the CC list without calling them.
=| this is why MS sucks.
edit: I should mention that this is an email i created for the sole purpose of logging into my xbox live account, and have posted it no where online and is unrelated to my gamertag. Now the guy who had my account last year and for all I know all he needs is my email address, has it again.
fuck it, take my gamertag I don't even give a fuck anymore, I'm done giving them my money.
=| this is why MS sucks.
edit: I should mention that this is an email i created for the sole purpose of logging into my xbox live account, and have posted it no where online and is unrelated to my gamertag. Now the guy who had my account last year and for all I know all he needs is my email address, has it again.
fuck it, take my gamertag I don't even give a fuck anymore, I'm done giving them my money.
Speedymanic
Banned
Not until they add legitimate 2-step verification.
The_Inquisitor
Member
So they are FINALLY adding two step authentication to live? Nice.
Speedymanic
Banned
Way to move the goalposts. It's as good as Google's implementation of two step.
Out of date huh? So it was valid at one point. Great admiss..I meant PR!
Garcia el Gringo
Member
Yes, this is significant progress! Things finally came full circle for me; the incident is just about as good as over. I've lurked GAF for many years, nearly half my life, without ever getting too involved. It took this UA nonsense to get me to post somewhat regularly. It was a really frustrating experience, but I'm glad that I had GAF to help me with it. Thanks, everyone.
Keep on making the account security better, MS!