glassdragon

Yeah, i know it's probably not ALL phishing. I agree though that it is probably some kind of compromised server somewhere and either the company hosting this server that has been compromised either doesn't know about it or they just aren't telling anyone. I would not put it past EA on this one either.

However, I don't think FIFA being an ea game really has anything to do with it. Someone posted earlier that accounts with those packs on them are selling for real money so it's just another way for them to make money, just appears that FIFA is the easiest one to do that in. They are getting the info from somewhere and I'm quite sure it's for the most part NOT from brute forcing.

glasschicken

Don't own a family plan or fifa, but it looks like the last thing "I've" played is Fifa 12. That and about 3300 points gone. Wooo!

EDIT: Had a gmail login.

And a dragon beats a chicken any day. No contest. I'd sure as hell be pecking at his throat on the way down though.

glassdragon

Hah

Raul3

Basically, we are at the same stage we were with Windows. It was the most popular OS, so it was the most attacked by hackers.
In the last six months or so I've read about all kind of attacks to Xbox Live, some mentioned here already. It seems the Xbox servers are secure though. I wonder what else they can do to avoid these problems.

SoonerDoc

I can tell you that I do not use gmail or hotmail email address. I have never played FIFA (although FIFA DLC was what was purchased on my account AFTER it was hacked).

I have a CAG account with same email, slightly different password.

SoonerDoc

I do have an EA account, although haven't logged into it in a long time. I suspect I used the same email and password, but not sure.

pinata242

What's the limit on how far out your XBL subscription can go?

Michael Corvin

No idea(mines been up to 2.5 years paid, so at least 3 years), but it looks like xbox.com is down again. I wonder what the hell is going on over there.

Jay G.

XBL Gold can have up to 36 months preloaded on it:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpos...2&postcount=15

The same applies to XBL Gold Family accounts:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/JoinLive/FamilyPackFAQ

Raul3

Yeah, 3 years. There was once time that I was covered for 3 years, because of all the deals. And then I won a card in CAG. I had to wait a few months before I could apply that card.

Right now I'm only covered until 2/23/14

pinata242

That's what I thought, sonofabitch.

I got a $40 card from Amazon yesterday because it was kinda cheap and with the January XBL Rewards rebate, I figured "why not".

Then the code keeps coming back with "An error has occurred during the transaction. Please try again later."

I looked at my 5/26/2014 expiration and did the math and thought it must be 36ish months. What a terrible return message for that problem. AND I get punished by not being able to get the monthly reward because I give them too much money already

Cusm

I got hacked a couple of months back and they got about $70 worth of points before I caught them, about 15 minutes after the fact or it would have probably been worse. I played an EA game for the first time in years, NCAA12, and I do not use my gmail account, but recently updated to a family plan. They did the FIFA thing and I saw them on my account playing FIFA. It took about 2.5 months to get my account back and I had to call MS to get it turned back on, no contact from them stating it was resolved.

SoonerDoc

If it takes two and a half months, I am gonna be kinda pissed.

Raul3

That's what I'm more worried about. Losing Xbox Live access. I can get my money back without problem, that's what CC are for. But losing a month of Xbox Live access?? What would I do? Play my PS3? LOL!

pinata242

Raise your daughter, ya bum!

Raul3

That's what the iPad is for!

Cusm

They told me it could be up to 90 days, I have no idea when it was actually cleared as they gave me no notice, I just called and they said it was clear.

SoonerDoc

The email they sent me about the investigation included a code for a free month of xbox live, but you have to create a new account. No achievement points or purchases will carry over when you get your original account back.

pinata242

I'd guess your current save games wouldn't load under the new profile either.

Michael Corvin

So out of boredom, and since a lot of us are also CAG users, here are the hacked numbers:

DVDTalk: 5
CAG: 14

foxdvd

If you really think about it...that is a high percentage of dvdtalk users hacked...this going to end up being another red ring percentage of effected users?

Raul3

Does CAG has an "official" guide on how to avoid/reduce being hacked?

There have been a lot of good tips in this thread, but a "definitive" post would be better.

Yesterday, or the day before, I couldn't get into Xbox Live and I was thinking the worse. I could see friends online checking the Xbox.com site, but no, I wasn't showing online. I did a test and the connection to Xbox Live wasn't working. I did a search and yeah, the response was to clear my cache. I didn't do it, of course. I just turned off my Xbox, turned it on again and still didn't work. So I turned it off again, went to do some other stuff, and one hour later it was working fine.

glassdragon

Don't go online? :P

Seriously though, I would use an email address specifically and ONLY for live with a different pass than any place else. That way you will likely only get hacked unless you have a keygen or get phished. That will help a bit.

glasschicken

Well, got my account back. Still missing the MS points, but that could take 10 business days. Did get two free months of live out of it and an additional 200 MS points. So far so good.

Michael Corvin

Damn, that was quick.