There are now hackers offering their services for money on the 17 million member Xbox Live service. If you’re unhappy with someone who beat you at a game, for instance, simply pay $20 to the right person, and they’ll be booted off by the hackers, according to reports.
They flood the users with a Denial of Service attack, very similar to those employed against websites, Chris Boyd, director of malware research at Facetime Communications, told the BBC.
"The smart thing about these Xbox tools is that they do not attack the Xbox Live network itself."
