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.
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/396735/xbox-awards-voting-suspended-following-security-breach/
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EulerPosted:
everRelationsWoobie Have they re-done them yet?
Nope, didn't hear of a new event :D They should do it soon though..
I hope they do it soon!
I want there to be another, not sure if I missed one or not though
EulerPosted:
MayaSmurfsDrumstepTwerk They need to get better security, then they would have to worry about this.
compared to psn they do have good security
Yeah, I agree, they do have better security than PSN.
Oh yeah that's for sure.
The PSN security is truly awful! They really need to make it better..
EulerPosted:
PGAIoway wouldn't expect something like this
Yeah, Xbox would be the last thing I would think to be "hacked"
Yeah me too, just shows you what hackers can do i suppose
PGAPosted:
Ioway wouldn't expect something like this
Yeah, Xbox would be the last thing I would think to be "hacked"
Soldier_Posted:
SmurfsDrumstepTwerk They need to get better security, then they would have to worry about this.
compared to psn they do have good security
Yeah, I agree, they do have better security than PSN.
Oh yeah that's for sure.
SmurfsPosted:
DrumstepTwerk They need to get better security, then they would have to worry about this.
compared to psn they do have good security
Yeah, I agree, they do have better security than PSN.
neboPosted:
Twerk They need to get better security, then they would have to worry about this.
compared to psn they do have good security
neboPosted:
TTG_NegativeDrumstepWooble there team is awful
Their* And yes, they need to step up their security now.
its going to turn into world war 7
but the 3rd one hasn't even happened yet...
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