Thursday, April 28, 2011

Microsoft warns of a problem of 'phishing' on Xbox

Bad Times for consoles. While survive the problems in the PlayStation Network, Microsoft has issued a warning of a problem in the Xbox platform. It is a conflict of much lower intensity than the Sony. According to Microsoft, the Modern Warfare 2 players can be the subject of a phishing campaign (e-mail that attempts to obtain information by deception).

The company says in his message that they are aware of the problem and working to resolve it, they regret the inconvenience and appreciate the patience of the players. The problem seems to be focused in that game during multiplayer sessions. Microsoft opened this weekend its platform multiplayer free on Xbox in the middle of the disaster of his colleague Sony.


Some media emphasize that the Xbox console modified to play pirated copies that have been blocked for the Xbox Live service, have been used for a while this service. Now go back to be impossible for them to connect to Xbox Live. The reason it could be the implementation by Microsoft's security testing on your system before Sony's case or was testing new formats.

Furthermore, different start collecting media reports of fraudulent use of credit cards. The problem is whether they are related to the security breach of Sony who admitted that the attacker could know the card numbers of members of the PlayStation Network and its expiration date but not the security code.

GameFly an employee claims that a colleague has been used in the purchase card at a German store worth $ 1,500. Two players from different gaming forums report the fraudulent use of their cards for $ 300 and $ 600. Another reports that a dozen people have reported card charges a German airline and one complaint a charge of $ 8,000 spent on a Japanese store.

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