Xbox live account hacked

SparkyB82 · Dec 27, 2014

Hi guys, can anyone recommend please my best way of reporting my account being hacked? This evening someone hacked into my account and stole $300k from my gta5 online profile. It wouldn't bother me hugely if it was the standard game, but seeing as my cash
with the online game is actually my own real cash put into it then it concerns me.

:)

crossunitedfate · Dec 27, 2014

Latest PS3 hack could be the end of the system!

How many times has it been hacked now? It's a bit absurd. I guess you're paying for privacy with the xbox memberships.Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Then why do people constantly get their live accounts hacked? Mind you this has even happened to industry figure head live accounts. There was even some jerk on this forum that got banned for showing a way to hack.

I love the 360 as much as the next guy. But seriously, let's put this myth of "you pay for security or privacy" with Live because that's already been disproven.

And think about it, that kind of thing didn't happen when you could play your 360 games free online. Yet now that you have to pay for that portion all these hacks to get accounts stolen come up. So if you're paying for privacy and security, why is it comprised only after they make us pay?

SPITFIRE-SIX · Dec 27, 2014

Chinese Company Hacking Xbox Live Accounts

Microsoft’s in-house fraud investigators began looking at the site in December, making a number of purchases on iGSKY to build the case. In one case described by senior investigator Jeremy Beckley, Microsoft’s fraud team purchased 11,000 FIFA points on iGSKY.com, paying $60. Immediately afterward, Xbox Live received an email and password change for an eight-year-old account, which then proceeded to purchase 11,000 FIFA points for $127.54. It’s unclear how the group gained access to the account, although there was no indication of a broader breach of Xbox services.

iGSKY delivered the credentials to Microsoft’s investigations team in an email, along with instructions to spend the points as soon as possible. Shortly after that, the original owner of the account contacted Xbox customer support, complaining that he had been locked out of his account and unauthorized purchases had been made.

Based on that evidence, Microsoft has brought charges of fraud, CFAA violations, and racketeering conspiracy under RICO, naming alleged parent company Gameest and alleged proprietor Weiwei Chu. Still, Microsoft acknowledges it knows little about how iGSKY is operated, and hopes to turn up more detail in discovery.Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Microsoft says this Chinese ‘gaming service’ company is hacking Xbox accounts

SkippyJonez · Dec 27, 2014

If your Xbox Live account has been hacked, I would quickly change your email & password linked to your account.

Though, if someone has stole in-game cash from GTA: Online, I would recommend contacting Rockstar Support and hopefully they can restore your balance.

support.rockstargames.com/.../200105413-Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-Support

WPAK · Oct 31, 2018

Hi there,

It does sounds like that only your online GTA5 account was compromised, Correct? If that is the case then I would advise the same as mentioned which is to contact support for GTA5

if you think your xbox live account was hacked then please check out this link with all the steps on what to do:

www.xbox.com/.../What-To-Do

DEVILSEX6969Qc

player hack my xbox live account players name on xbox live is [Mod removed] plz try to ban this players

send a message before hack my account say:i hack your account u offline wow the security on xbox live is no good i repport this players and it me have no account

[Mod edit: Please do not call out other Gamertags]

Obsessive Power

Unless a main website or service has been hacked - like PSN, it's not a hack ok.

Phishing, NOT a hack

Social engineering, NOT a hack

Giving someone your LIVE ID to someone else and then losing your account,
NOT a hack

Using dodgy software or websites offering free points and what not, then losing your account, still
NOT a hack.

Signing up for various suspect websites using the same email address and password for LIVE. then losing your account. still
NOT a hack.

If EA was compromised and it held your Windows LIVE ID, this is technically a hack, but it's EA that would have been hacked, not Xbox LIVE. When I say 'hack' I mean a real, sophisticated website or server attack. A hack in the literal sense of the word.

VillageSpaceman

Here is a link of a similar cases:

http://www.1up.com/news/xbox-com-security-loophope-hacks

www.eurogamer.net/.../2012-01-06-a-january-account-of-xbox-live-hacking-and-fraud

Daft Badger

Incorrect,your xbox live account can not be hacked

Obsessive Power

Xbox LIVE accounts can not be 'hacked' at least not in the literal sense you may believe. Of course there are many ways to have an account stolen, but non of them involve 'hacking'. If you have not give out your email address and password for your LIVE
account to anyone then it should be perfectly safe.

If this attack nocked you offline, that is a DOS attack and isn't strictly speaking hacking at all. Illegal yes, hacking? No.

Xbox live account hacked