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Hackers Targeting Xbox Live
darthcamaro writes "Windows isn't the only piece of Microsoft technology that hackers are attacking anymore. During a presentation at the SecTor security conference in Toronto, a Facetime security researcher revealed numerous methods by which Xbox users are being hacked today. 'Though the Xbox doesn't have the number one market share, it is the top target for hackers,' Boyd said. 'Xbox Live has 17 million plus subscribers, and that service requires payment.'"
Very primitive. They call it "hacked" in the summary, but once you get to read the actual article it turns out that those "various" methods actually boild down to: 1) social engineering attacks, 2) DDoS attacks, i.e. the attack methods have absolutely nothing to do with Xbox software/hardware itself. Also note the "creative" use of words: they call Xbox a "top target" trying to create an impression that it is the #1 target, the "topmost" target, while in reality this is not even remotely the case. They use the word "top" under the excuse that it can be used to mean "popular", knowing perfectly well that well-linuxed trolls will understand (or, more precisely, misunderstand) it correctly. What would be more interesting, is to find out who is paying for these articles.
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Huh? You mist be what, 11-12 years old, if you don't get the simple fact that in an article like that there's no need to mention Linux explicitly... :)