Company to crack down on Modern Warfare 2 scam
The phishing warning Microsoft issued yesterday was not indicative of any Xbox Live vulnerabilities, the company has said.
Microsoft “is aware of the phishing problem specifically related to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” the company told Develop.
“We are working to resolve this”, the statement read.
In the wake of an extraordinary data breach that rocked the PlayStation Network this week, Microsoft was keen to explain that the phishing issue is not related to any Xbox Live structural problems.
“Phishing is an unfortunate and common threat on the Internet,” the firm added, “and this problem is not related to the Xbox Live service.
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“We encourage people to only do business with trusted sources and never give personal information to unfamiliar parties.”
The Xbox Live Status page on Xbox.com currently has issued a service alert for those playing Modern Warfare 2 online, specifically during matchmaking.
Phishing is a process where one individual acquires sensitive information (such as usernames, passwords and credit card details) by coaxing people to hand over their details.
On the 27th i got a call from barclays warning me of payments taken by microsoft (i indeed havent authorised them).
Order of events.
21/04/2011 - Email from microsoft saying £51 spent on 6000 points
22/04/2011 - Email from EA saying "Welcome to Fifa 11 - Platform: Playstation." (http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3295/unledvjb.png)
27/04/2011 - Email from microsoft saying £51 spent on 6000 points.
Purchase history showing 6900+points spent on FIFA products.
I would love to know the account information sharing that goes on between these companies as i dont even have a PSN account and thought i was safe from the recent news untill today. To add i have never put my live details into any website accept the official ones.
Please be my saviour and investigate this for me develop, microsoft tell me it'll take them 3 weeks to verify my console id/ip in fact didn't buy these points, too long a time I feel!
