Video Daily: Major Nelson's XBL account hacked

Video Daily: Major Nelson's XBL account hacked
Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has had his Xbox Live account hacked by a "hacker" calling himself GoDxLiGHTzz. Hryb is the Director of Programming for XBL.

Hryb's account had the name, location and biography information changed.



LiGHTzz also offered to hack "any account" for $60 via PayPal, although it is unclear how the hacker got access to Hryb's account.

In under 24 hours, Major Nelson had his account back, however. "I have control of the account. The enforcement team took care of it."





Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 29 Mar 2010 14:11
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  • 19 comments
  • DXR88

    ha-ha serves you right Mr.invincible.

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    29.3.2010 15:23 #1

  • wiseguy0

    I've always wondered why the voice of Xbox live is some old boring guy, but anyway.... Why would someone pay to hack someone's Live account? What's to gain? Seems like an expensive and lame prank.

    29.3.2010 15:31 #2

  • Mysttic

    Is this guy an idiot? Youtube the hack, then offers people the location of contact to pay him $60 to hack any account? Like what a moron, he's as good as caught its a matter of when.

    29.3.2010 16:13 #3

  • DoomLight

    screen names on aol can be made up in seconds. the hacker isn't afraid.

    29.3.2010 16:57 #4

  • bam431

    "I have control of the account. The enforcement team took care of it." The enforcement team, are they the guys who smashed homers computer.

    29.3.2010 18:03 #5

  • faja92

    youtube already took down the video too... they're crackin down

    29.3.2010 18:41 #6

  • Tristan_2

    I hate when youtube removes videos even if its not of copyright bs but by Tos. Flaggers and False DMCAers use Tos to censor us and I hate this.

    29.3.2010 20:52 #7

  • cart0181

    This video has been removed for a terms of use violation.

    29.3.2010 20:53 #8

  • Mysttic

    I didn't know showing an account being hacked is a term of violation, after all it didn't show how the hack was being done. Ah well..

    29.3.2010 22:05 #9

  • johncchc

    haha thats funny.

    29.3.2010 22:49 #10

  • miketrev

    Lol, in your face Nelson!!!! :D :D :D

    Well done GoDxLiGHTzz

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    30.3.2010 06:05 #11

  • KillerBug

    Originally posted by Tristan_2: I hate when youtube removes videos even if its not of copyright bs but by Tos. Flaggers and False DMCAers use Tos to censor us and I hate this. This is not about an account being hacked, it is about a huge network with credit card data and virtual money being hacked in less than a day. Microsoft wants to make it look like it isn't a big deal, but it is. It is no longer just a gaming/communication network. As soon as you start having a bunch of people with virtual currency sitting around, you should start acting with bank-level security.

    30.3.2010 12:08 #12

  • DXR88

    Originally posted by KillerBug: Originally posted by Tristan_2: I hate when youtube removes videos even if its not of copyright bs but by Tos. Flaggers and False DMCAers use Tos to censor us and I hate this. This is not about an account being hacked, it is about a huge network with credit card data and virtual money being hacked in less than a day. Microsoft wants to make it look like it isn't a big deal, but it is. It is no longer just a gaming/communication network. As soon as you start having a bunch of people with virtual currency sitting around, you should start acting with bank-level security. that information is stored on another server on a one way network. you can send information but it wont return anything. and if an account was taken over the last 4 digits of your cc number isn't going to do anyone any good.

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    30.3.2010 14:26 #13

  • KillerBug

    So then, he never had any access to the microsoft points stored on the account?

    31.3.2010 04:30 #14

  • DXR88

    Originally posted by KillerBug: So then, he never had any access to the microsoft points stored on the account? MS points are about the only thing stored localy, although going back threw my X360 it looks like you can save your cc number localy for future use although this seems optional, not to mention its bad security practice.

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    31.3.2010 13:24 #15

  • warpath (unverified)

    I got my account hacked into but Microsoft didn't get me mine back, they just disabled it....how nice for Major Nelson and benevolent of Xbox Live services.

    2.4.2010 00:59 #16

  • cart0181

    That sounds like a double standard. I feel bad for you warpath.

    2.4.2010 04:16 #17

  • el_golfo

    i think its pretty cool, im not too savvy on the hacking aspect, but it really does catch my interest and curiosity when i hear about stuff like that. i wish i was smart, lol

    ^_^

    2.4.2010 05:18 #18

  • DXR88

    Originally posted by warpath: I got my account hacked into but Microsoft didn't get me mine back, they just disabled it....how nice for Major Nelson and benevolent of Xbox Live services.
    he also doesn't pay for anything, like a politician who doesn't pay taxes. probably uses a Hacked xbox too.

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    2.4.2010 18:40 #19

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