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Xbox Live Account Hacked for... FIFA '12 Gold Packs?
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Muchi Muchi Pink said:
Yes, but 2 weeks isn't exactly a long time when you are dealing with a breach of such manitude (unfortunately). Some companies take MONTHS to tell people, while many others NEVER tell people. 2 weeks is actually not that bad, all things considered. Of course we all want notification the instant a company knows about it, and Sony would notify faster next time (it did), but I'll take 2 weeks over never.
Risk Breaker
Member
Tomasooie said:
I would just ignore him if I were you, he's been spamming every single thread related to these Xbox Live account hacks, trying to spread this bullshit about EA games making everyone suddenly get hacked and stolen.
He doesn't understand that the reason FIFA causes this hacks is because you can easily get real money for MSP because FIFA players demand it a pay real money for cheaper MSP.
His tag should make things clear too.
Speedymanic
Banned
Kyoufu said:
I sure believe him.
Surprising how he can remember seeing as he haan't turned on or used his console for months.
Speedymanic
Banned
Risk Breaker said:
I'm sorry, what? Of course I understand why FIFA is being targeted. To claim I don't is just silly. The claim I'm making is that ea at fault, not ms. Learn to read.
When we have videos like this I am sure some gullable people would do this (not you OP xD) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMoEVErHCTA
I am sure this guy has got a lot of Accounts from people believing this.
I am sure this guy has got a lot of Accounts from people believing this.
test_account
XP-39C²
It didnt take 2 weeks before they told about the hack, if that is what you mean? PSN went down April 20th. On April 22th, Sony said that there had been an external intrusion into their system. On April 26th they said that accounts and all that might have been compromised. So it took about 2 days before they mentioned about the hack itself and less than a week before they told what the hackers might have had access to.Muchi Muchi Pink said:
Then explain this.Speedymanic said:
It's not "the most obvious clue". Like I've said twice before already: ONCE THE THIEF HAS THE ACCOUNT HE CAN BUY ANYTHING. He's not obligated to spend all his hard-earned stolen money on FIFA. The sole reason for it is because it's quick and easy to transfer the content (by trading in-game) between accounts, and then to sell them for real money, all without much chance of being apprehended.Speedymanic said:
That's the only reason FIFA is chosen. It's not a damn clue.
Speedymanic
Banned
Futureman said:
Evidence points to ea. I've said that from the beginning. (almost)
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I removed my credit card from my account last week when it seemed these threads were steadily becoming more frequent. It would be a no-brainer for everyone else to do the same if it wasn't for the fact that actually removing your card is no easy feat without first disabling auto-renewal for Gold... which is also a headache in and of itself.
Great system.
Great system.
test_account said:
No, you're missing my point. While it is true that we were discussing in that thread a leaked database of hashed passwords, my point is about the user's anecdote that his password was not simple. To the point that it couldn't even be brute forced. It was, in fact, very simple. So people saying they have a really secure password and that they don't use it anywhere else falls flat to me.
Risk Breaker
Member
Speedymanic said:
Read my first sentence yourself.
And Tomasooie has already explained himself again.
bababouille
Member
The hacking for me happened when I was playing NHL12 online a lot.
These waves of account hijacks should cause more fuss than they do right now imo. Been more than a month and MS still hasn't returned my account yet
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These waves of account hijacks should cause more fuss than they do right now imo. Been more than a month and MS still hasn't returned my account yet
.Speedymanic
Banned
Tomasooie said:
Semantics. EA/FIFA, its all the same. The point stop stands, evidence points to EA.
painful fart
Member
I approve.
That is one of few acceptable reasons to hack someones account.
That is one of few acceptable reasons to hack someones account.
toythatkills
Member
:lol nice tagSpeedymanic said:
I don't think there's any actual evidence pointing to anyone, really. There has been literally no pattern established, and nobody's even come close to finding one. EA are only to "blame" because they released a piece of shit exploitable game and they're happy to sit back and watch it be exploited. They really need to just turn it off until they can work out how to stop people having their money stolen. It must be way too lucrative, though, if there's a market for the coins on eBay there must be an awful high number of morons willing to pay for this stuff.
This can't be EA related, since my friend changed his password over a month ago
http://i.imgur.com/psisu.jpg
I hate EA more than anyone but I fail to see how this is their fault. *shrug*
http://i.imgur.com/psisu.jpg
I hate EA more than anyone but I fail to see how this is their fault. *shrug*
test_account
XP-39C²
That is true, if it is only about saying that the password is secure/advance, but that the password was used multiply places, then i agree. But in this case with XBL, i'm pretty sure people have said that they used an advanced password and only used the password on XBL. Then the hashed password stuff wouldnt be the case right there, unless someone hacked the XBL database.sangreal said:
Jesus H. Christ, you're impossible. Do you even know the meaning of "semantics"? You're just backpedaling. You claimed FIFA, as a clue, put the blame on EA.Speedymanic said:
First of all, they're not the same thing. Secondly, I disproved your claim, so what evidence are you talking about? It's not FIFA, so link us to what you mean.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Kyoufu said:
This started well over a month ago. If he changed his password since then what does that matter? They already have his old password. The relevant question is did he change his xbl password recently?
neutralgamer02
Member
I hope this doesn't effect xbox live WP7 users. I just deleted all my credit cards from my xbox live account in case.
Seriously, more attention needs to be shined on this issue.
Edit: Also, I wouldn't feed the troll.
Seriously, more attention needs to be shined on this issue.
Edit: Also, I wouldn't feed the troll.
Metalmurphy
Member
inky said:
Sony didn't get breached last time, they simply notified people were trying to access accounts using data obtained from other places.
Microsoft didn't as well, but obviously something is very wrong and they're basically going "Not my problem!"
Speedymanic
Banned
Tomasooie said:
Do you? You're getting too caught up on a single claim and not looking at it as a whole . EA are to blame, FIFA is also to blame as they haven't taken steps to make sure this doesn't happen. You've disproved nothing, you've focussed on one part of my entire post in some vain attempt to be 'right'.
Troll? How utterly ridiculous.
FIFA is the endpoint, not the means. We have absolutely no insight as to what's causing this.Speedymanic said:
Since this is occurring on EA's game, they should definitely do something about it, but that doesn't mean they're to blame. The thieves are stealing accounts -- then they go to FIFA.
And tell me, what part of your post have I ignored? You claim to have evidence but say nothing.
I'm done after this, I swear (unless he gives an actual response, instead of just bullshit).
Good Lord.. just spent 40 min online with Xbox Support. Finally got them to cancel Auto Renew. I have a year left on my gold account.. but was told that IF they cancelled the auto renew that my 9 year account (indicated by a number on your profile) would revert to 0 and they would refund my last year to me via a code which I could enter. Pretty much saying they would cancel my account then email me what I had left.
I of course told them this is crazy.. he went and confirmed that they could turn off Auto renew with no issues BUT that the credit card HAS to stay there.
So next stop will be to my bank to get a new card. I am going all point cards and membership cards from here on out.
Amazing what a pain in the ass this is.
I of course told them this is crazy.. he went and confirmed that they could turn off Auto renew with no issues BUT that the credit card HAS to stay there.
So next stop will be to my bank to get a new card. I am going all point cards and membership cards from here on out.
Amazing what a pain in the ass this is.
Ardenyal
Member
EA added a daily limit on how many packs you can open.Tomasooie said:
But if login info has leaked through an EA site then why hasn't MS responded in any way. Forcing password change would stop the "hacks" right then and there if it's a problem with passwords being same on EA accounts as XBL accounts.
Well it's good that they've done something, but it still didn't stop the guy who got my account a few days ago from doing this:Ardenyal said:
And my Live ID password isn't the same as my EA password. It's completely unique.
R-Type was me on xbox.com, by the way. I bought it while the thief was draining my points with my account recovered to his Xbox.
Tomasooie said:Well it's good that they've done something, but it still didn't stop the guy who got my account a few days ago from doing this:
And my Live ID password isn't the same as my EA password. It's completely unique.
Yea why on earth would their system not stop and verify a couple things after like the 5th one bought.
Is it Steam that has a system where you can verify via text message? Something like that needs to be added.
Garcia el Gringo
Member
So I just found out that my account was hacked a few hours ago. Over 4,000 points spent on Fifa shit and now Fifa is on my played games list with two achievements. Not very happy about that. I'm recovering my account on my 360 right now. I'm really not looking forward to dealing with Xbox support and (and what sounds like) the investigation that locks you out of your account. Hopefully I can get all my Microsoft Points back, fucking Fifa off of my played games list and some sort of compensation swiftly.
And now it seems like my account won't recover...
And now it seems like my account won't recover...
Exactly what happened to me, except I caught it as it happened. Try requesting a password reset email, change your password, then recover your account with the new password.Garcia el Gringo said:
If the thief is on an Xbox with the account, only recovering it to another Xbox will boot him off.
If he's changed your details and you can't reset the password, call support at 1-800-4MY-XBOX (if you're in the US). You should call support either way.
Unfortunately I don't think we'll be able to get FIFA off our played games lists. You'll get your Microsoft Points back.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
If my account gets hacked I'll be highly suspicious of MS's security. I just recently set it to a new, extremely lengthy and complex password, one that I don't use for anything else.
Over to you, MS.
Over to you, MS.
If you have a US account, you can do this to remove your cc without arguing with a person.U2NUMB said:
http://forums.majorleaguegaming.com...xbox-live-auto-renew-without-calling-support/
CadetMahoney
Member
U2NUMB said:
I have a card on file with them but I have turned auto-renew off and only use point cards now.
My credit card expires next year. In some old thread ppl were saying that even if you get a new card they can successfully charge the old one they have on file even though it has expired/cancelled etc.
In the same thread it mentioned that if you have turned auto-renew off whilst in your gold subscription and you add more gold with a code-card it turns auto-renew on again without your permission.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
It's been said in dozens of previous threads, but that does not work in most places in the US.luxarific said: