New Zealand teen jacks Xbox 360, divulges credentials to Microsoft
By Darren Murph | February 9, 2007
Filed under: Gaming
Apparently, a 14-year old teenager in New Zealand doesn’t visit Engadget (or use his brain) a whole lot, as reading about a team of crooks who swiped a PlayStation, only to return for the power cord and eventually end up in police custody, should’ve probably swayed him from doing the exact same thing. Oddly enough, the teen jacked the console and left the oh-so-critical power cable behind, but instead of devising yet another heist, he simply phoned Microsoft, gave out all his credentials (including the machine’s serial number), and awaited the cable. In the meantime, the irate original owner dialed up the company as well, and after discovering that his Xbox 360 had already been registered, the most difficult part of the otherwise simple apprehension was obtaining a court order to make Microsoft release the man’s details. So while our first PSA must not have been potent enough, we’ll simply reiterate that stealing consoles probably isn’t your calling if you can’t even remember the accessories.
[Via Xbox 360 News]
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