hackers stealing credit card numbers from an old Xbox360.

Xbox360 owners who are trying to alert the credit card information into the machine. The vulnerability in the recovery from the hard disk is formatted to be used to clear or reset everything back to it when they leave the factory.

Researchers from several universities, led by Ashley Podhradsky and tried to buy a new Xbox360 repair is an official reseller of Microsoft, a year ago. Then download the data into a simple editing program to try to drive on it.

After studying for a while. They can have access to files and folders. The data should be deleted and the user's credit card number over the previous and other personal details. By themselves, not a drill with a professional.

Podhradsky said she was not a gamer. If a hacker or a modification to be easier than this. There are a lot of people know this, and whether they can download software download. The game is being abandoned. The theft of the same immediately.

She argues that the measure of lax Microsoft Xbox360 supplier may jeopardize the privacy of our customers. And it is great for protecting sensitive data through Microsoft itself. But consumers are not protected as well.

For those who want to get rid of the Xbox360 with no risk of data loss is Podhradsky that should be removed from the hard disk. Attached to the PC, then use the data to be eradicated. I formatted the hard disk is not enough.

She finally said. "Microsoft has been working with this for a long time. When you reformat a computer, it says that everything will be deleted. In fact, it's not. Access to information continues to exist. That's if Microsoft said you reset something. It is not true ".

The subject site Kotaku contacted Microsoft to ask for clarification on this matter. But still no reply whatsoever.