Earlier today there was a rumor going around that XBOX LIVE had been breached by some anonymous hackers. These so called hackers were boasting about it on different forums across the net. This rumor started to pick up a lot of steam when certain individuals on the XBOX forums were reporting that their credit card information was used to buy hundreds of dollars in Microsoft points.
XBOX LIVE's Major Nelson posted on his blog earlier that there is no evidence that this has happened.
Despite some recent reports and speculation, I want to reassure all of our 6 million Xbox Live members that we have looked into the situation and found no evidence of any compromise of the security of the Xbox Live Network or Bungie.net. There have been a few isolated incidents where malicious users have been attempting to draw personal information from unsuspecting users and use it to gain access to their LIVE account. This is a good time to remind our members that they should never give out any of their personal information. Additionally it may be a good idea to download this free PDF file from Microsoft.com ' Help Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft’ that gives you some excellent information and tips on how to protect yourself.
Hope that clears things up.
Major/Larry
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