Hacked Xbox Live member says brute force attacks are possible
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14-01-2012
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Hacked Xbox Live member says brute force attacks are possible.
A slew of recent Xbox Live hackings might share a common theme, says a network infrastructure manager. Jason Coutee, who unceremoniously had his online account broken into and $100 worth of Microsoft Points pilfered, believes he's found a possible culprit: Microsoft's own Xbox Live web portal.
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16-01-2012
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The problem is this:
.Quote:Cyber crooks need only click the “try with another Live ID” option to reset the counter to zero.
They can of course built in ip checking amongst other stuff like timers for the same account.__________________
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