@ cadwr sorry to hear that man.. i hope it works out for you.. and both Microsoft and PayPal where pretty good about it so far when i contacted them. i explained to them that i removed all credit card/PayPal info from my system and they didn't lock my system for the investigation because i removed all credit info... so if i wanted to i could get a prepaid card and use that if i really wanted to.. i still dont know how the hacker got the info.. i haven't used my Xbox in at least 6 months and i never type passwords in my computer manually..my passwords are always auto filled by last-pass, so im am never typing them..im going to dig further to see what else i can find....ohh and by the way i dont even own any soccer games at all.. FIFA.. Nothing.. also the email account the hacker added to my live account was from china somewhere.. ive found that out so far
well i guess i will see if the random generated letters and number s is better.. the password that was hacked was just a couple regular words and a number.. only time will tell i guess.. ohh and from now on i will use credit cards instead of PayPal or any thing linked directly to my bank account.. with credit cards, its there money and not right out of your bank account.. you have more protection using a credit card, even though i hate using them but i think that is the safest way to go
OK this just happened to me this morning at 5 am.. unbelievably i was online at the time as it all unfolded in front of me..now,, i dont use my Xbox much at all ever... it just sits there... about 6 months ago we wanted to see a movie so i put my PayPal info in my Xbox and rented the movie.. haven't used it since..im an above average computer person.. i build them, work on them etc. i know my way around.. i use Mozilla Firefox and have Norton anti virus running all the time. i dont open stupid emails at all.. i use last Pass password generator for all my passwords.. but what i found out was the password i had for my Xbox live was weak and not thru last pass i just forgot that one for some reason .. anyway... Here is how they got to me...somehow they got in my windows live account/Xbox live and added a second email.. once they had the second email account they bought 10000 Microsoft points and i assume the next step was to transfer them or just hijack my account all together.. but i was online checking my mail and saw this going on.. immediately i changed my password and deleted the shitheads new email account he added..called PayPal and Microsoft to dispute the charges... the points are still in my account and im hoping that Microsoft will just take them back..Funny thing is, if the moron would have just charged me once it may have slipped by.. But he bought points 7 different times at 19.99 a time..pretty obvious when email start coming in.. the reason for the multiple times is, they will try for small amount at a time till the account is maxed rather than just trying to get 200 or 300 dollars worth at 1 time and may get nothing..After this experience i think im done with the Xbox all together.. i dont use it much and prefer CPU games over Xbox anyway..i changed all my passwords and removed all CC and PayPal info from my Xbox. i have never been hacked ever, even when my passwords where the easiest to figure out. i really think the live Hotmail is the problem and the easy way into your Xbox. check your emails in Xbox live and make sure you only have the ones that are suppose to be there.. you will find my Xbox on eBay next week.. im done with it
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