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07-04-2011, 05:40 AM #1
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Microsoft forgot the firewall
Can you imagine having the local SWAT team show up at your door because your X-box got hacked? this guy doesn have to imagine;
http://news.yahoo.com/hacker-hijacks...183237146.htmlThe path to universal understanding starts here: Say what you mean, and mean what you say.
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07-04-2011, 02:19 PM #2
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That's why I never have any of my devices diretl connected to the internet. Always through a router with firewall and security enabled.
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07-04-2011, 03:10 PM #3
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1/ How on earth does hacking a Xbox 360 mean they can place a call? My Xbox 360 definitely does not have any access to my phone line.
2/ A console normally should sit behind a router/firewall.
3/ Again, how on earth did they "hack" it and how did this somehow make it possible to place a 911 cal using a "handicaped line" whatever that is?
This story is weird.
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07-04-2011, 06:25 PM #4
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Didn't think of that, perhapes they used some type of TTY device line like the deaf use to call.
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07-05-2011, 06:10 PM #5
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That's just funny. Not sure if true but funny.
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