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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball
A potential hacking attack on the level of last year's PSN outage could be in the planning after Xbox Live was listed as several websites a section of Anonymous wants to attack as part of the retribution against Megaupload being taken down.
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Am I the only one that finds that very childish? A website gets removed and they feel the need to attack sites.
It's not like it's the only filesharing site. I'm sure there are literally hundreds if not thousands more they could use.
That's the thing about this group. The way they go about getting their point across is the same method a small child uses when it gets refused ice cream or gets its toy taken away. It'll break things, it'll make threats and it's nothing but this selfish nuicance.
Frustratingly, they probably think doing that is good and noble.
If they want to do something good, there are better causes than getting revenge for a removed filesharing site. The whole SOPA thing is a good cause but they are going about it the wrong way. Again it's "You're not doing things our way so we'll break your stuff.". Wikipedia and others got the SOPA point across in an effective and civilised way. No need for some online group to do anything.
Anyway, rumour time:
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Originally Posted by Kotaku
Good news, haters of arbitrary online currencies! The end for Microsoft's confusing "Points" system may be near, if a report on Inside Mobile Apps is to be believed.
The mobile site claims that Microsoft's Points will be "phased out" by the end of 2012, with transactions to be listed in a user's local currency instead.
The move wouldn't just impact Xbox Live, it would affect the Zune Marketplace and Windows Phone users as well.
One has to wonder, given the timing of the (potential and unconfirmed) move, whether the spate of Xbox Live account break-ins is behind the change.
We've contacted Microsoft for comment, and will update if we hear back.
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