Monday, 22 May 2017

Microsoft says this Chinese ‘gaming service’ company is hacking Xbox accounts

Since 2015, a Chinese gaming website has been hacking Xbox accounts and selling the proceeds on the open market, according to a complaint filed by Microsoft in federal court on Friday.

On its website, iGSKY presents itself as a gaming service company, offering players a way to pay for in-game credits and rare items — but according to Microsoft, many of those credits were coming from someone else’s wallet. The complaint alleges that the company made nearly $2 million in purchases through hacked accounts and their associated credit cards, using purchases as a way to launder the resulting cash. On the site, cheap in-game points are also available for the FIFA games, Forza Horizon 3, Grand Theft Auto V, and Pokémon Go, among others.

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15676966/microsoft-igsky-gameest-xbox-account-hacked-points

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/microsoft-says-this-chinese-gaming.html

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