Hackers booting people off of Xbox Live

Denial-of-service attacks are nothing new on the web, but the BBC reports that it's becoming an increasingly large problem on Xbox Live, where hackers are using the attacks to kick other players out of games. Not to get too technical, but the DoS attack basically works like this: Angry data takes your pipes from fat to skinny, so the pictures of aliens getting shot and the sounds of guns firing at said aliens can't get through them. Confusing for the common man, we know, but that's why we went to blogging college.

Microsoft says that it's investigating the attacks. Have any of you been victims?

"Source: Joystiq"

what are they talking bout? Lag switches??? Cause that is what turned me off of Gears 2. FiX YOUR S%^) MICROCRAP!!!

On a better note... Nice find Mango!

damn it there on to me!! someone quick buy my stuff so i cant get caught by the xbox police!! They just dont like fat chicks thats all. so called "hackers" wouldnt give 2 5hits about lagging up a game for the fun of it, those people are called "gafers" that cant win at games unless everyone else quits.