Exploit Results In "Theft" Of $1.2 Million In Xbox Live Codes

13 responses to “Exploit Results In "Theft" Of $1.2 Million In Xbox Live Codes”

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   doubleDizz

   March 10, 2011 at 5:11 pm

   WOW… Can I have 800 points please? haha

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   1. 

      Jimu Hsien, Ken is my Lover

      March 10, 2011 at 5:21 pm

      Only 800?

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2. 

   AmbroseIV

   March 10, 2011 at 6:17 pm

   I don’t really like the MS Points system (I guess it’s easy enough) but this is pretty disappointing…

   …not that I’d say no if someone offered me free points. <_<

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   Matthew Kermeen

   March 10, 2011 at 8:35 pm

   I wonder if people using scammed points will get busted for it. I sense a wave of console bans.

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   1. 

      Karachi King

      March 10, 2011 at 9:49 pm

      The article says the codes were authentic, so I assume there would be no way for Microsoft to tell if someone used a generated code or actually bought some points cards.

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   2. 

      pzkrj

      March 10, 2011 at 10:26 pm

      I’m guessing they probably won’t be able to know who used exploited codes and who didn’t:

      “the exploit … was able to generate authentic download codes”

      So if it works the way my puny brain imagines it then they can’t ban anyone because they might ban people who were using real codes.

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   3. 

      Mooshis

      March 11, 2011 at 12:08 am

      I also wonder if the codes used by the scammers are codes currently being sold at retail outlets thus making those codes void.

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      Anthony Bates

      March 11, 2011 at 12:56 am

      They will wait until the next big game release then ban just before release (aka MW2)

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4. 

   Steven Bogos

   March 11, 2011 at 12:19 am

   Serves them right for having such a horrible system that always leaves you with points left over.

   Why can’t I just buy games with MONEY instead of converting them into revenue raising points?

   Ironically, this wouldn’t have even happened if they simply used real money instead of points.

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5. 

   Chris

   March 11, 2011 at 1:14 am

   Me and my friend did this, you only got 160 Microsoft points for each code and you had to manually type it in. We also got banshee avatar codes and about 1000 48 hour trails each. We also found out you can not go passed 10000 Microsoft points.

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6. 

   picky

   March 11, 2011 at 1:26 am

   disguised promo perhaps?

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7. 

   Mark

   March 11, 2011 at 7:37 am

   “Yesterday, a forum user on website The Tech Game posted a way for people to scam free points for use on Xbox Live”

   The post was on Sunday. Today is Thursday… Wait, does this mean Mondays and Tuesdays no longer exist?? Awesome!

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8. 

   moloko

   March 11, 2011 at 9:25 am

   LOL ,Microsoft can track the codes back to you.

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