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      12-18-2015, 11:29 AM   #1
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PSA: Microsoft/Xbox Users

Guys, do yourselves a favor and setup the 2-step verification feature on your Microsoft accounts, if you haven't already.

My account (and PayPal account) was compromised on Tuesday night, nothing came of it. I changed all of my passwords and moved on.
Thursday night it was breached again. This time, the guy purchased $800 worth of in-game currency - charged to my PayPal account. Had I setup the 2-step feature, this likely wouldn't have happened.

TL;DR: There are plenty of scammers and fat kids out there. None of us are safe. Set up risk mitigation measures!

P.S. The asshole left everything he purchased on my account...
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was it through clicking links and/or password guessing?
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Are you asking how they got the credentials? I can't say for sure. Perhaps a brute force cracker?
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yea, to be more specific i was wondering if it was from cross site request forgery, click jacking, cross site scripting, session hijacking, or password brute forcing. but if you didn't perform any noticeable actions i would guess password brute forcing. no worries. glad you got it sorted.
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