Xbox Awards voting suspended following 'security breach'

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Microsoft may have only announced its inaugural Xbox Entertainment Awards yesterday, but the service has already been hit by problems.

According to MCV, the voting site was the victim of a security breach which resulted in the names, gamertags, emails and birthdays of 2,892 entrants being posted online. Those accessing the site were also reportedly able to edit or remove the listings they saw.

Shortly after this, the site was taken offline for maintenance, while MCV was provided with the following explanation by Microsoft: "We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with the Xbox Entertainment Awards landing page and have taken the site offline while we investigate."

This is hardly the first high profile breach in recent times and the extent of the damage isn't yet apparent. We've reached out to Microsoft for comment and will keep you updated as the story develops.

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/396735/xbox-awards-voting-suspended-following-security-breach/

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neboPosted:

M60 Wouldn't think MS would let something like this happen


They don't "let" stuff like this happen, hackers find a way through it

Soldier_Posted:

Thatch
Yikes
Evol
TakeTheDamnPiLL
M60
Dont_Rush_Me call of duty wont stop winning coz they are like the most anticipated games


They should cause there games are getting worse


yeah,their games are getting worser.


i think they did a good job on black ops 2.


Yeah, I think they did too, but it's gotten very boring.


It doesn't matter if they make bad games thats the thing, it will still be the most anticipated games.


True.

Soldier_Posted:

Ozar
Yikes
IccyHorizon O wow is there any official date now on when the awards will be announced.


No, I dont think there is.


same here .


Dammit, i would like to know this too.

OzarPosted:

Yikes
IccyHorizon O wow is there any official date now on when the awards will be announced.


No, I dont think there is.


same here .

MTVPosted:

Yikes
IccyHorizon O wow is there any official date now on when the awards will be announced.


No, I dont think there is.


Yeah there isn't one

SolvePosted:

Yikes
Evol
TakeTheDamnPiLL
M60
Dont_Rush_Me call of duty wont stop winning coz they are like the most anticipated games


They should cause there games are getting worse


yeah,their games are getting worser.


i think they did a good job on black ops 2.


Yeah, I think they did too, but it's gotten very boring.


It doesn't matter if they make bad games thats the thing, it will still be the most anticipated games.

SolvePosted:

Yikes
M60 Wouldn't think MS would let something like this happen


I wouldn't either.

It really surprised me.


Yeah its really surprising.

BimmerPosted:

O wow is there any official date now on when the awards will be announced.

OzarPosted:

Yikes
M60 Wouldn't think MS would let something like this happen


I wouldn't either.

It really surprised me.


same

AdamuPosted:

Oh well hackers lol


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