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Account pretexters plague Xbox Live
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-03-21

When Kevin Finisterre got his virtual guns handed to him in an online game of Halo 2 last Thursday, he called his opponents on their none-too-subtle hacks that skewed the game in their favor and turned the battle into a rout.

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Account pretexters plague Xbox Live 2007-03-21
Concerned Internet Citizen (2 replies)
Wow, this is crazy! How many millions of xbox live subscribers are there? Complaints about 12 accounts sounds like this is a serious and emerging issue!

I hope this never becomes a worm.

I would like to hear what Gadi has to say about the potential size of new botnets this could create.

Crazy, crazy stuff!

KF - good work on losing a game of Halo and making headlines dude!

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Account pretexters plague Xbox Live 2007-03-21
Anonymous (1 replies)
Erm? 2007-03-22
Grenage (2 replies)
Re: Erm? 2007-03-22
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Re: Erm? 2007-03-23
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Account pretexters plague Xbox Live 2007-03-22
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