Xbox Live Fraud Probed By Microsoft

Several outlets are reporting on Microsoft's investigations into the possibility of hacking and fraud on the Xbox live service. After customer service complaints, rumours of hacked accounts, and allegations of mis-used credit card information, C|Net reports that the Microsoft has opened an investigation. At the very least, this will reassure frustrated customers. Kevin Finisterre has kept a log of his discussion with the 1-800-MY-XBOX folks and the service's ongoing problems. "Security researcher Kevin Finisterre was playing Halo on a recent night with several friends when some of their opponents threatened to steal their accounts, he said. 'Literally the next day my girl's account was locked out,' Finisterre wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. 'I received a message on my Xbox that said: "We are sorry we must log you out of Xbox Live because someone else is using your Gamertag."' The account was banned."

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[Recovering Hater]

Just like the adage: if you can see it or hear it you can copy it, If a network can be accessed a network can be hacked.

Re:Method?

[Fonce]

My question is this: why aren't they already in jail? This is a very simple matter...if someone can be tracked down for sharing music, surely they can be tracked down for mass credit card fraud, among many other charges.
 
It's simple: find out who they are from the ISPs (all of them involved, ever), arrest them all, and charge them with everything you can. Surely they'll get off with a comparably light sentence, but hopefully they'll get sentenced strongly enough that this won't happen again.
 
Why is it the laws regarding computers and the internet only hurt the good guys?