Xbox Live Publicly Shames Cheaters
Microsoft has made good on threats to make ‘bad things happen’ to users who artificially inflate their Gamerscore. The Gamerscore is built up by playing games and meeting objectives but some users have been doing so by hacking.
Microsoft has punished cheats by resetting their score, making it impossible for them to complete falsely claimed objectives, and putting “I’m a dirty cheater” on their profile.
Microsoft has not provided any avenue for appeal, saying that they identified players “who have used external means to earn achievements without really playing the game” using “specific and automated criteria”.
