XBOX Live hackers selling stolen accounts on foreign auction sites

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So things just got a whole lot more interesting, as Zoe posted in the Xbox Live Hacking thread.

The news of Xbox Live hacked accounts has been going on still, which was already discussed in a few stories on Giantbomb and Kotaku. It's assumed that Fifa has something to do with all this; that is, people are buying Fifa Ultimate Team packs and flipping them on ebay. Just some random guy and social engineering or something.

But what's new is the fact that one person was hacked twice, with hundreds of dollars taken from her paypal account.

http://hackedonxbox.tumblr.com/post/...-heart-or-soul

It's an interesting, horrible story, but here's the fascinating part: she was able to chat with the person who hacked her account. And he revealed that he bought the account on TradeTang.

A look at the site reveals over a thousand Xbox Live accounts, ready to buy. (edit: a lot of these accounts are ones created specifically for stolen credit card purchases, and not necessarily stolen accounts. Thanks volturnus.)
At your own risk ~

Points are easy to disappear. Please as soon as possible, using the account
live points 10000 points 2 hours warranty used account please note: now only offer 2 hours warranty.you have to use all points and download all games in 2hours, after 2 hours we won't provide any help
Nature of the goods: This is not used the new ID, you can modify your password after you, and permanently retained; use this ID to download or the content, all the ID of this machine can be used, not necessarily to use this, and with your machine where the server version and the old ID has nothing to do, please rest assured to use!



What we supply?

---ID with Password From 4000 Points to 12000 points


You need to be Noted:

---What we supply is an account with password which has point available, we don't supply any subscription code!

How we offer the accounts?

---we will send the account information By tradetang message
10K Points Live Points accounts 10000 Points US Version
the warrantity is 2hours, when buy it,must use all points within 2 hours.thanks.

the warrantity is 2hours, when buy it,must use all points within 2 hours.thanks.

the warrantity is 2hours, when buy it,must use all points within 2 hours.thanks.
please note: now only offer 2 hours warranty.you have to use all points in this account in 2hours and transfer all contents to your main account :)
Dear friends : Since the points might expire , please use up the points within the warranty time ,any way ,the sooner the better . .

Thank you. .

If you do not agree with these please buy them eleswhere . thanks for your time :

1 . The accounts are not gold . And it is better not to buy gold membership for the account because it won't last too long . how ever the other items you buy with the points in the account can be there for ever and you can use them on your main account .

2. It will never let your console be banned according to our experience of more than two years .

3 . Please tell me which version you need before you place it

4 . Any other quesitons please feel free to ask me on line through "contact now " or "ask supplier " .. thanks . I am always ready to help you with any questions . Thank you !!

5 .Please complete the order in time after you have received the account and give a possitive feedback as well . We will be grateful for you and give you better and better service .

6 . Scamers / Liers buy eleswhere !!!

Befor place it Please choose the right option of the points.And ask us the warranty time if you want ,there is diffrent warranty time sometimes
Hackers aren't necessarily gaining access to accounts to get some Fifa cards; they're selling them to people that can gain access to your account, buy a bunch of stuff with your points & tie it to their console. Then they abandon the account and you're left with the mess.

This is pretty unreal, and somewhat of a breakthrough as to why there's been so many hacked accounts lately. What's still unanswered: how these people are managing to gain access to all these accounts.
Source: chubigans at Neogaf

Keep an eye on your accounts if you've played an EA game recently. More info about the hacking here
 

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This isn't really much in the way of news. We had someone trying to sell them here on GBATemp a few months back, and as little as a year and a half ago these things were doing well on eBay. Still a good few US sites you can buy them from, although as it stands the only time I ever bought one of these was through TradeTang.
 

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This isn't really much in the way of news.
Yes it is, it's happening more than ever before and Microsoft isn't really doing anything.
We had someone trying to sell them here on GBATemp a few months back
He was and still is a failure.
Still a good few US sites you can buy them from, although as it stands the only time I ever bought one of these was through TradeTang.
oh wow you bought one?
can i tag people on gbatemp for being an idiot?

Edit: Haha, this is a real good example of Microsoft doing shit all http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=34061302&postcount=498
 
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oh wow you bought one?
can i tag people on gbatemp for being an idiot?


Eh, I was (and still am) a poor college student with no money to buy real MSP, and curious as to how exactly their scam worked. Since it was my roommate's Xbox I didn't really care about any risk of being banned or anything. The way I figured it, the account was going to be purchased by someone, and since MS doesn't seem to give enough of a damn to do anything even when it's reported, I might as well be the one to take advantage of the offer if anyone was going to.
 

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oh wow you bought one?
can i tag people on gbatemp for being an idiot?
For one, you can't get banned or in any sort of trouble for using the accounts. Second, why are you such a douche to everyone? You're always saying stuff like "oh, this isn't news" and "if it's not an RPG, it sucks". TBH, I find you ripping on me for the account incident just childish now. I think everyone on this forum would be happy if you just backed off for once.
 

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oh wow you bought one?
can i tag people on gbatemp for being an idiot?
For one, you can't get banned or in any sort of trouble for using the accounts. Second, why are you such a douche to everyone? You're always saying stuff like "oh, this isn't news" and "if it's not an RPG, it sucks". TBH, I find you ripping on me for the account incident just childish now. I think everyone on this forum would be happy if you just backed off for once.
I think prowler is alway relevant and makes strong points.
You however I find to be innane and irrelevant.
Please don't try to flame on this forum, it's not appreciated.
 
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For one, you can't get banned or in any sort of trouble for using the accounts.
I didn't say he was an idiot because that can happen, he's an idiot because people are loosing money (and sometimes they can't even claim back because of how Microsoft acts) all because he wants to save a few bucks.
Second, why are you such a douche to everyone?
AM I? I DIDN'T NOTICED MR. BLACKLISTED TRADER
You're always saying stuff like "oh, this isn't news"
>always
I can't remember the last time I've called USN threads, not news but when I do, I usually mean it.
and "if it's not an RPG, it sucks".
JOKES MAN, TAKE EM.
I think everyone on this forum would be happy if you just backed off for once.
Yeah I'm sure everyone would love that, being the #1 most liked Temper.
 
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You're a blacklisted trader.
Doesn't that mean that you've scammed someone in some way before?
So really you are a detreminte to the community as a whole.
 
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For one, you can't get banned or in any sort of trouble for using the accounts.
They're against the terms of service. Go figure.
Second, why are you such a douche to everyone? You're always saying stuff like "oh, this isn't news" and "if it's not an RPG, it sucks". TBH, I find you ripping on me for the account incident just childish now. I think everyone on this forum would be happy if you just backed off for once.
Why are you being a douche and openly attacking a member for their choice of wording? Such a move is in reality nothing more than childish, 'so I think everyone in this thread would be happy if you just backed off for once'.
Oh, and like before, flaming is against the rules. You sure aren't very proficient with what can get people banned in various places.
 

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You're a blacklisted trader.
Doesn't that mean that you've scammed someone in some way before?
So really you are a detreminte to the community as a whole.
I regret selling that XBL account. If it makes my defense any better, I didn't even steal it myself. Also, before that I've done multiple transactions with members from here. Hell, I've even done commerce with members here after I was blacklisted. I'm not a scammer.
 

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This is quite a old process, that's just recently coming into light due to the person on the lady's account giving out some information. I was aware of a few things, but by reading her blog (I suppose you could call it.) I've learned a few more I'll keep for future reference. I myself haven't heard of the EA Account hacking, but before these things were done by people creating RATs renaming them as "MS Point Generators, PSN Money Generators" and distributing them over the internet. (Youtube has a ton.) Though distributing the RAT over Youtube gained them a lot of people, it was slow and unsucessful. So the next thing they did in collaboration with their Youtube videos was go into public chatrooms dedicated to gaming, and spam their RAT to unsuspecting people. (Typically children, who don't know much about them.) When someone downloaded the RAT, the person who made it would prompt them to sign into their (XBL,PSN,WoW,Steam) accounts after running the RAT in order to get it to work. Afterwords, someone's account has been hacked and their parents card charged multiple times.

I'm glad however of her success story, but it's a shame Microsoft didn't better help here. The Help line is quite generic, I'll list you down the run through.

~Is the Xbox powered on?
~Did you clear the cache?
~Are you updated?
~Go to your download history
~Delete, and redownload your profile

If none of the above worked, they'll "escalate" your case to someone that might be able to. (I've been escalated 3 times to be told I couldn't be helped.)
 

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This is old stuff that they finally brought into light>.. All these if not most where used for the whole "Non Jtag" stuff.People using these accounts can be and many have been banned because of it with some getting console banned and most getting profile banned.Microsoft ignoring this as a problem is stupid because they have been combatting this for about a year and a half already.Just recently with the new dash they finally stopped non jtag but have yet to stop the stolen profile purchases.
 

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This is old stuff that they finally brought into light>.. All these if not most where used for the whole "Non Jtag" stuff

True, but typically the source of which the accounts were obtained were never questioned or given.

Now, I'm sure TradeTang will get a increased spawn of users due to the face time it's getting. I'm sure Microsoft is aware of the site, but can they really do anything? I always assumed if the website host, was out of range for them to do anything that they were "Out of Range, Out of Mind".

As for account, I always put a recovery email address in. In case I lose access to my account, I can get the info sent to my other one. This can also be negated, as you can change the Windows Live email address associated with a GamerTag. So those recovery email address wouldn't work in getting your profile back.
 

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How much would 10,000 MicroSoft Points cost retail? Is it $100.00 dollars like I think?
10k ms points retail would cost you around 120-130 dollars where as buying it off hand from someone selling accounts can go from 15-20 with some if lucky getting them for practically free sometimes :)
 
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