Skyllus vBi - Account Stolen for Recon Armor (Halo 3) - Discussion

[FrozenIpaq]

I'm sure most of you are aware of the current situation regarding a user who's Xbox Live account was stolen for his aquirement of the exclusive Recon Armor in Halo 3, so here's a thread to discuss it as well as Xbox Live/General Support.

I'm personally against "professional" gaming and don't really care about who's who (Fatal1ty comes to mind). Sure these people make a living off of gaming, but I just don't think it should be evolving into what it is these days - life isn't about gaming and those that turn life into gaming (WoW addicts, Second Life Addicts, and possibly Prof Gamers) just don't get my praise or jealousy if they are good at a game.

With that said, a team member of vBi (A gaming team), recently aquired the Recon Armor through Bungie as he contributed his video to the community (of the traffic cone suicide I believe if memory serves me correctly). Now someone has hacked into his account and has taken his account, his name, away from him. This is serious, it's identity theft - it has happened to other people I'm sure, but just for armor in a game?

The reason why this is getting a thread of its own over other cases that might have happened is because of the poor handeling and support given by the Support team at Microsoft. You can read his thread on the teams forums for the full rundown of how terrible it was to him (link below).

Now, normally there's not much that could be done about it in terms of an account being stolen (years ago I had a neopets account stolen/hacked into and Neopets help/support was of no good to me, so I started fresh again regardless of how many man-hours i put into that account). Xbox's Support could delete the account, but giving it back to someone who calls into Support claiming it was theirs and such isn't going to get them very far.

So what should he do? Contact Major Nelson maybe? He's always a helping hand in the community and I appluad him for his great dedication and service. He should also try contacting Bungie considering it had to deal with the armor and maybe they too could lend a helping hand.

And finally, something that we should do as a community is have this case be known.

[Original Thread by Skyllus vBi]

[PSPduh]

That's really does suck for him, but how did the person hijack it?

[-TheSilenceOfNoOne-]

Lol.... Its so easy to hijack accounts.

Xbox CS is liek, brilliant as heck.

Of course, Im not the kind to steal, so :P

[FrozenIpaq]

Ugh, I'd rather discuss hatred towards that team right now, they're acting and talking like they are above the norm, above everyone else - they plan to seek federal action for information regarding who did this :/

This just pisses me off how they act like they are more important..like because it was HIS account that was stolen that they can do something about it, it's just a game account, no information was stolen to my knowledge

[-TheSilenceOfNoOne-]

Well, its not exacly like it wasnt a lot. He's been robbed of everything he's spent so long working on. Gamerscore, Achievements, Gamesaves, Friends. Its all not recoverable, -- well it is, but it'll just get stolen again.

This is understandable. I don't know about you but if people kept trying to take my account, I wouldn't give up, I'd keep fighting until I get it so it's not so hard to be stolen, y'know! Over a year of my time, put into some, -- some data that gets stolen, Im not gonna let it stay stolen! Plus, theres also money in there. You have to pay to play, now don't you!

Lets use an example. If you worked for 10 years to get a big fat diamond ring that costs more than your house for your wife, and someone steals it, you recover it, someone else steals, you recover, again, again, again, and again. Would you let the money go, or would you try to buy a safe for it?

Yes, yes you would. Or, you'd sell it, we can't do that with a gamertag, now can we?

[Chrono6456]

Originally Posted by FrozenIpaq

Ugh, I'd rather discuss hatred towards that team right now, they're acting and talking like they are above the norm, above everyone else - they plan to seek federal action for information regarding who did this :/

This just pisses me off how they act like they are more important..like because it was HIS account that was stolen that they can do something about it, it's just a game account, no information was stolen to my knowledge

If you can gain access to an account, that means you can gain access to some credit card numbers if thats how the subscription was paid.

[FrozenIpaq]

Originally Posted by Spartan–117

If you can gain access to an account, that means you can gain access to some credit card numbers if thats how the subscription was paid.

I know that, but what I was trying to say is that they did it to gain access to the account, take it away from the owner for reasons other than profit it seems, just recognition or something - the credit cards were cancelled - I'm just saying money wasn't the motif in this from what I've read.

[-TheSilenceOfNoOne-]

Its definately not the money, its the stolen time.