Xbox Awards voting suspended following 'security breach'
According to MCV, the voting site was the victim of a security breach which resulted in the names, gamertags, emails and birthdays of 2,892 entrants being posted online. Those accessing the site were also reportedly able to edit or remove the listings they saw.
Shortly after this, the site was taken offline for maintenance, while MCV was provided with the following explanation by Microsoft: "We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with the Xbox Entertainment Awards landing page and have taken the site offline while we investigate."
This is hardly the first high profile breach in recent times and the extent of the damage isn't yet apparent. We've reached out to Microsoft for comment and will keep you updated as the story develops.
Posted:
Related Forum: Xbox Forum
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/396735/xbox-awards-voting-suspended-following-security-breach/
Related Articles
Comments
ToesPosted:
YikesSoulfulYikesBulletsModzYikesME0W I never even knew about the voting.
I knew about it, but I never bothered to do it.
I never knew about this voting either. Which is a surprise to me.
Well apparently they didnt advertise this good enough because just about nobody knows about this...
That must be it, I had no idea about this until this article.
Yeah, I ready it one day on XboxMB
I never heard of this either, i heard about the XBL rewards program, but to voting thing.
ZeffPosted:
BulletsModzYikesME0W I never even knew about the voting.
I knew about it, but I never bothered to do it.
I never knew about this voting either. Which is a surprise to me.
I never bothered to vote.
BulletsPosted:
YikesME0W I never even knew about the voting.
I knew about it, but I never bothered to do it.
I never knew about this voting either. Which is a surprise to me.
DarksydeZachPosted:
DroppedEMTAdrixnTomClancy I love how Microsoft failed and people are still bashing PSN just because they got hacked first.
Xbox live did not get hacked. A website owned by Microsoft did.
I don't think xbl has ever gotten put offline before because of hackers
It did a couple of days or so after the Xbox360 was first released.
I feel that was because of high traffic volume not foul play, as for the news post the information taken does not seem to serious but website hacking is a growing problem and where I see it justified in some cases it seems to be the next "hacking" trend with 12 year olds going about it just to be cool.
DroppedPosted:
EMTAdrixnTomClancy I love how Microsoft failed and people are still bashing PSN just because they got hacked first.
Xbox live did not get hacked. A website owned by Microsoft did.
I don't think xbl has ever gotten put offline before because of hackers
It did a couple of days or so after the Xbox360 was first released.
Latest Downloads
- 01. Caribbean Legend: SaveGame (before the start of the Dutch Gambit)(0)
- 02. Caribbean Legend: SaveGame (Passed the Secret Organization Gambit) [v1.0.0](0)
- 03. Jalopy: SaveGame (Pumped up LaikaGT)(0)
- 04. Assassin's Creed 3: Save Game (Game completed 8%, until Chapter 4)(3)
- 05. Supermarket Simulator: SaveGame (Quick start, 172 day, 65lvl)(0)
- 06. GoreBox: SaveGame (Ancient village of the Paleozoic era)(0)
- 07. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) - SaveGame (0% career, 2 BMWs in the garage)(0)
- 08. [EU] CARX DRIFT RACING ONLINE - PROGRESS SAVE 6 SP DUO (CUSA15633)(5)
- 09. Fallout Shelter Modded Save PC(2)
- 10. Remember Me: SaveGame (The Game done 100%)(0)
- 11. The Long Drive: SaveGame (American pickup)(0)
- 12. Goemon's Great Adventure (US / NTSC) - Nintendo 64 Game Save(1)
- 13. The Long Drive: SaveGame (blue VW Beetle)(0)
- 14. Deadly Creatures | Complete Savegame(1)
- 15. Driift Mania | 100% Savegame(0)
Latest Tutorials
- 01. The Redress Of Mira 100% Walkthrough | Trophy & Achievement(510)
- 02. Russian Pinocchio Quick Trophy Guide(622)
- 03. Venatrix Quick Trophy & Achievement Guide(616)
- 04. Call of the Sea 100% Platinum Walkthrough(717)
- 05. Wire Lips 100% Platinum Walkthrough(702)
- 06. The Expanse 100% Platinum Walkthrough | Trophy & Achievement(672)
- 07. Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality - PS4 Platinum P/Thru(595)
- 08. Doctor Who:The Lonely Assassins - 100% Guide(530)
- 09. DAYMARE 1998 PS4 - Full game 100% TROPHY WALKTHROUGH(506)
- 10. Stray Platinum Walkthrough | Trophy & Achievement Guide(518)
- 11. Raji: An Ancient Epic | Complete Gameplay Walkthrough(670)
- 12. Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition - Longplay(680)
- 13. Song of Horror: Complete Edition Gameplay Walkthrough(438)
- 14. Remoteness 100% All Trophies Walkthrough(672)
- 15. Detective Inspector Mysterious Clues Platinum Walkthrough(548)
"Xbox Awards voting suspended following 'security breach'" :: Login/Create an Account :: 176 comments