GSBot

There's an interesting piece over at InternetNews.com about how hackers target Xbox Live accounts, and from it, we were able to get some good tips on how you can protect yourself from a similar threat. [LIST] [*]While you aren't able to hide your gamerscore, you can make your account a bit less desirable on the black market by hiding the games you've been playing. [*]Avoid services like Mygamercard.net that promote your gamerscore and, in doing so, make you a larger target. [*]Put fake information in your Xbox Live account, then use pre-paid cards to buy things and pay for the service, thereby making identity theft less damaging.







read full article on joystiq...

fat spartan

The article pretty much talks about regular caution you would use with any online account. It comes down to making sure that nobody could guess your details and don't fall for phishing schemes.

Esix

^yeah that's been going on for as long as there have been accounts for anything
like steam for example.

fat spartan

My gamer score is just over 2000, so I doubt anyone would want my account anyway.