How I was hacked – a tale of hijack, XBox Live and FIFA trading cards (Venturebeat?format=xml)
This week, my Xbox Live account was hacked. This is the story of what
happened, my response to it, and the questions about security that it has
raised.
The hijack
At twelve minutes past midnight on Tuesday night, just as …
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