This morning Jessica was standing up without holding on to anything! She has also started repeating random words back to us. Yesterday it was 'bottle' and a few days ago it was 'doggy.'
September 2009 Archives
My Xbox Live account got hacked today, and they charged $125 on my credit card! Looks like somehow they got my Hotmail account password, I'm guessing with a keylogger, since my password was decent and I hadn't reused it for any other accounts. Anyway, with access to my Hotmail account, they were able to log in to xbox.com and see my gamertag. Then they 'recovered' my account on a different Xbox with my tag, email address, and password. Since MS keeps a credit card on file for my Xbox Live account, the hacker was able to go wild with his newly acquired account!
Fortunately my Hotmail is forwarded to my gmail account, so I was able to see that they were charging things. I quickly changed my hotmail password to something new and resecured my Hotmail account. It wasn't until hours later that I got home and was able to turn on the Xbox to see the damage. It looks like my account has been completely wiped out: gamertag is different, no friends, no messages. I was only able to resecure my Xbox Live account because I could log into xbox.com to see what my gamertag was changed to!
I think I have cut these guys out now, but we'll see if they can get back in. I noticed that they had changed my Hotmail's alternative email (the one a replacement password gets mailed to if you say you forgot it). I changed that back to an email account I own, but nice try fellas...
Xbox customer support isn't open until morning, so I have to wait until then to report the fraud, get the charges reversed, and see if my account can be recovered.
