Xbox Live enforcers deal with real world pranks by users
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that on August 29, Kings County, Washington police came to the house of Eric Neustadter, the operations manager for Xbox Live. Apparently an instant message was sent to AT&T’s cell-phone emergency service from a person identifying himself as "Eric". The message said that two people had broken into his house and shot his son. However when the police arrived at Neustadter's home they discovered that nothing was wrong.
As it turns out, Neustadter was a victim of "swatting" - which is the term used when a prank call or message is used to send out the police or SWAT teams out on a false report. Neustadter told the police that other employees at Microsoft have also been victims of "swatting."
As a result of what happened to Neustadter, local police have now sent out an alert to other law enforcement agencies to keep an eye out on similar incidents against Microsoft and Xbox Live team members. Even the police admit that "swatting" is "a relatively new phenomenon that has grown increasingly popular by hackers."
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zoonyq12Posted:
Whisper Lol swatting is easy, go to a payphone, wear a hat, and call the police with *67 and tell them to go to the victims house, and just walk away.lol you know nothing of the swatting posses u dont even leave your home when u got to swat someone you dont even use a phone its all done from the computer.
The hat is for the cameras on buildings, usually they are high up. Tehe.
If only I could find out if xbox workers lived by me, I would totally do this.
and its not all that immature all thoe its for a stupid reason, but you have to have ballz and knowledge to swat its not like 123 and your swatted,but u have to be really good to swat or your just gonna get caught.
TreyarchedPosted:
TTG_MAURA Alls I have top say is F tos because we havent to accept it to go online I didnt want to. now im banned and will do whatever i can to gget my account back.
everything has terms of use/rules you have to accept before you become a member/user
its life, if you break them you get banned and you did and its your fault, now get over it
TTG_MAURAPosted:
Alls I have top say is F tos because we havent to accept it to go online I didnt want to. now im banned and will do whatever i can to gget my account back.
CDA9887Posted:
People need to grow a pair if they can't handle the ban or suspension. They got what was coming to them and they act in an immature way by doing this.
General_QPosted:
That is sad. If you get banned it is for a reason. If you agree to the ToS you have to live with them.
WalteePosted:
marcusmonsoonHydrogen That's pretty sweet!How is it "pretty sweet"? I hope the day you're in need of the police they can't arrive because they're already being used for some other guy who got "pretty sweetly" prank called.
It is kind of ironic though, when you need police they take forever to turn up, and when you don't they're there almost instantly.
marcusmonsoonPosted:
Hydrogen That's pretty sweet!How is it "pretty sweet"? I hope the day you're in need of the police they can't arrive because they're already being used for some other guy who got "pretty sweetly" prank called.
3OH3Posted:
Hydrogen That's pretty sweet!no.... It's actually pretty sad that some people feel the need to ruin other peoples lives just because their gaming account got banned from playing games online...
Hopefully whoever did it gets cought
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