Users skeptical as Microsoft denies claims of Xbox Live hacks
Despite claims of Microsoft Xbox Live user account fraud, Redmond executives this week denied any major security breaches in its multiplayer gaming system.
"Despite some recent reports and speculation, I want to reassure all of our six million Xbox Live members that we have looked into the situation and found no evidence of any compromise of the security of the Xbox Live Network or Bungie.net," Xbox Live's Director of Programming Larry Hyrb wrote on his blog.
Hyrb said the reported thefts of personal information are a result of users giving it away, not through the social engineering technique of pretexting, as some users have suggested in community forums.
