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Gamerscore Hacking and Its Underground Economy

Posted by Soulskill on from the achievement-unlocked-account-locked dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a writeup on SpywareGuide that explores the world of Xbox Gamerscore hacking, and how high Gamerscores are proving to be a big target for hackers and phishers. It also talks about how a recent release of a Gamerscore-altering program onto forums for hacking & cheating is proving to be lucrative business for both eBay sellers and those who want to artificially inflate a Gamerscore before selling that account, or trading it for credit card details."

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  1. Hard to get upset by Toonol · · Score: 1, Troll

    It doesn't target anybody I could ever imagine caring a whit about. Still wrong, I suppose, but hard to get worked up about it.

  2. Re:Sadly, that's not true any more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    2. So what?
    4. Good, glad for you.
    6. Sure, whatever.


    Were you the captain of your debate team?

  3. Re:The real point of Gamerscore by Gigiya · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... you can't translate gamerscore into any tangible, real world achievements.

    Record time since last outside; weight gain.

  4. Gamerscore == Vagina Repellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's not like the gamescore gets you anything. You can't spend the gamerscore points on game add-ons or premium content.

    All a high gamerscore does is inform all other xbox players that you are spending way too much time playing xbox and the last time you saw a vagina is the day you were born.