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Hackers Can Easily Lift Credit Card Info From a Used Xbox

Posted by timothy on from the extra-sensitive-data dept.

zacharye writes "Using nothing more than a few common tools, hackers can reportedly recover credit card numbers and other personal information from used Xbox 360 consoles even after they have been restored to factory settings. Researchers at Drexel University say they have successfully recovered sensitive personal data from a used Xbox console, and they claim Microsoft is doing a disservice to users by not taking precautions to secure their data. 'Microsoft does a great job of protecting their proprietary information,' researcher Ashley Podhradsky said."

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  1. They got your credit card anyway! by damm0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pretty soon everyone will have had their credit card stolen so just don't worry about it!

    Nothing gained, nothing lost!

  2. Ah, nostalgia. by Cazekiel · · Score: 3, Funny

    The good ol' days when someone just stole your wallet/pocketbook from your grocery cart... how I miss them.

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  3. Re:Jury is still out... by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny

    The jury is still out on this, absent real evidence I'm going to wait until more is known.

    Exactly, those researchers at Drexel U have shown themselves to be repeatedly untrustworthy, and have huge commercial reasons to lie.

    And those people who are unsure whether their credit cad details have been stolen shouldn't complain either.

    I mean, which part of "Microsoft product" did they not understand?

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