phish·ing/ˈfiSHiNG/
Noun: The fraudulent practice of sending e-mails purporting to be from legitimate companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as credit-card numbers, online. More »
Seriously, if you guys want to stay safe online, do not respond to any suspicious emails, messages, or anything of the sort online. Do not give out your personal information either. Your information is what the people behind the phishing attacks want. They want to steal your identity pretty much over Xbox Live. Wow, never thought I would say that.
Get a life hackers, stop ruining other people's lives just because you can.
What? Modern Warfare 2 phishing attacks on Xbox Live Users. What is this world coming to? Is there no way to be safe online. First the Playstation Network is hacked (not to mention millions of users information could be at risk) and taken down for over a week now and counting and now Xbox Live Support states that Xbox Live users of Modern Warfare 2 could be a target for phishing attacks. What in the world is going on? I know that the problem that the Live users are undergoing is not nearly comparable in any way to the PSN's, but still how could these problems ever occur? If you take a look at these huge corporations (Microsoft, Playstation and possibly Infinity Ward) you would think that they would be able to set up awesome Security systems to keep threats like hackers and viruses out. Don't get me wrong, I know that almost all internet connected electronic devices can get viruses (excluding most Apple Products, well atleast I think. Am I right?), but I actually believed that if there was one place that I could be safe online, that place would be on my game console. Seriously, these companies need to step it up. We all know that they have the money and the resources to create safe and non-breach-able networks, why have they not done it yet? I for one am not going to complain about the Playstation Network because it is a free online service, and if it is down then it is down. Don't look at this as a bad thing though, I for one wasted 23 days in total of my life playing Modern Warfare 2, now I do not spend as much time playing games. Look at me now, I actually get some sleep and am well rested for the morning.
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