Microsoft continues to actively fight against the scourge of piracy, especially against the owners of Xbox 360 illegally modified chip. As if to show firmness against this global phenomenon, the American manufacturer has recently banned not less than 1 million Xbox Live accounts worldwide! That figure may seem overwhelming, especially when we know that the U.S. recently announced it 20 million users of its online service.
But this wave of bans has not made everyone happy, especially within hackers groups where tension is rising rapidly. Furious, a group of pirates attacked Stephen Toulouse, the officer responsible for overseeing the Xbox Live. The pirates have threatened Stephen Toulouse personally and his family by getting her phone number. Stephen Toulouse, who has obviously told the police, then tried to calm things down by explaining to the people concerned via an IRC chat.
Here is a piece of report on InformationWeek, "Microsoft this week booted as many as 1 million players from its Xbox Live gaming service due to the company’s belief that they modified their consoles to play games illegally downloaded from file sharing sites."
"All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the Xbox Live terms of use, will void their warranty, and result in a ban from Xbox Live," Microsoft said in a statement.
The move comes amid this week’s release of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2", the mostly highly anticipated Xbox 360 game of the year.
