Xbox Live Director's Account Hacked! (Are You Next?)

Date: Monday, March 29 @ 03:35:23 UTC
Topic: Xbox Live

Larry Hryb, Director of Programming for Microsoft's Xbox LIVE online gaming network, has had his Xbox LIVE profile hacked.

Known by his gamertag Major Nelson, Hryb was part of the Xbox 360 launch team and was one of the first game execs to have a regular podcast and blog.

In his LIVE account, his bio info (Name, Location) and the speech bubble appear to be hacked. The hacker have been writing various messages on Major Nelson's account:


Kotaku is confirming with Microsoft whether Hryb has been informed of this hack and what further steps will be taken.

Updates:
Major Nelson has confirmed via Twitter that his account is back to normal and Stepto and the policy enforcement team is looking into the matter.

News-Source: http://kotaku.com



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