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Crime Tech

Robbing the Xbox Vault: Inside a $10 Million Gift Card Cheat

A junior Microsoft engineer figured out a nearly perfect Bitcoin generation scheme.

Austin Carr Bloomberg Businessweek Jun 2021 Permalink

The Young and the Reckless

A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft’s videogame empire. Then they went too far.

Brendan I. Koerner Wired Apr 2018 35min Permalink