iBotPeaches Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Turns out, there was a promotion going on. Visit a site, get a free code for 160 MSP, and be on your way. That wasn't enough for some people, though. With a few changes to the URL, a user could refresh the site to no end and be awarded with a new code each time. Microsoft quickly caught on - but not before they lost a projected 1.2 million dollars worth of MSP. This process was never ending, just refresh, rinse, and repeat. There were so many people doing this at one point that the website 404ed. In a matter of 20 minutes someone I know has obtained over $150 worth of Microsoft Points. As of right now, it seems the website is no longer working. Microsoft has finally caught on; and has currently shut down all redemption codes, so you cannot redeem ANYTHING. As of now this is all I know, my culmination of research and sources leads me to believe my word is the first on the subject. Within hours, a code generator (running off of said website) was made and released to a handful of forums, allowing people to stock up. Some redeemed the codes instantly, garnering as much as 660,000 MSP. Others hoarded codes and went straight to places like eBay, amazon, and CAG. Another user stockpiled 10,000 codes, tossed them in a .zip file, and released them to the public (don't bother searching for it to download, all of the codes have been used). Now, I don't know who started what or who decided to release this exploit to the public, but I saw it first on Dark Slipstream's post on TTG. (I thought Dark retired, but guess not ) Proof of concepts of the exploit are available here (page_1 , and page_2 ) If you missed the exploit. What scares me about this is how fast information travels in the gaming communities. View full story
gruntmods Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Fail.FML, i needed MS points and I was too busy working on my assignment to get in on the action
jmdalmighty Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 This is wrong the hacker was Somone else. Also not a hack.
Randomrocket Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Aw shit i cant believe i missed this same. You woulda thought ms would have seen this coming or known to assign codes to IPs.
jmdalmighty Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 FML, i needed MS points and I was too busy working on my assignment to get in on the action Aw shit i cant believe i missed this same. You woulda thought ms would have seen this coming or known to assign codes to IPs. None of yous missed anything all codes were flagged, anyone who didn't spend the points it will be deleted of there account and if Somone spent alot of it will recent a perm ban.
iBotPeaches Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Posted March 8, 2011 This is wrong the hacker was Somone else. Also not a hack. I said "I don't know". lol Aw shit i cant believe i missed this It was a fun day. People even created programs for the sole purpose of generating the URLs and then saving the image.
gruntmods Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 None of yous missed anything all codes were flagged, anyone who didn't spend the points it will be deleted of there account and if Somone spent alot of it will recent a perm ban.I only needed 1600.
jmdalmighty Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 I only needed 1600. It would have been deleted of your account or a ban if you used it.
jmdalmighty Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 I said "I don't know". lol Ohh sorry I seen it on another site and they had the wrong person they one they gave credit was just sone random fag how mad a YouTube video about it. The person how found it was lord zedd about 4 months ago and he kept quit until like 5 weeks ago when he told 7sins pro who then started selling the codes until somehow it was jacked and leaked to 7s perineum. About a few hours thilo made a topic saying all the codes will lead to a ban....and that he had "safe codes" which he then sold(he reported the URL and he had already generated 57mil points) and yah about 12hrs later m$ took the link down.
gruntmods Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 It would have been deleted of your account or a ban if you used it.only for large amounts.
jmdalmighty Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 only for large amounts. There would have been a temp ban for Any amount under 4k
gruntmods Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 (edited) There would have been a temp ban for Any amount under 4kagain, no. That would be a stupid move. However I could a see a perma ban for anyone over a certain amount. Edited March 9, 2011 by gruntmods
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