MLG Insider Exposes Hacker AK47
TweetJuly 3, 2009 by Trent
Update: Word has been sent to us from someone claiming to be affected AK47′s hacking. This individual claims to have obtained all of his personal contact information and passing it on to the proper authorities or organizations (I would think those interested would be the Credit Card companies, Banks, and Microsoft off the top of my head). Now, we are not sure what this means, but it is interesting if true. However, we have no way to determine is this is 100% accurate at this time. If this does hold true and the proper authorities do care, I can’t help but to think about 2 sides to this situation:
First, if this young man does indeed face legal action and identity theft is tied to his name, he could have a tough time at some points in his life launching a career. That is ashame for what may be a very talented kid and may add challenges to him starting a life.
On the other side of that: If all reports are true and he continued these actions knowing they were wrong (or illegal), then he obviously felt above the law and that can start the domino affect. Think about this… do you think at some point 40-50 years ago Bernie Madoff committed a crime less significant? Probably and had anybody exposed him and officials prosecuted him at that time then thousands of people wouldn’t be out of Billions of dollars right now. (I am not saying a XBL hacker is equivalent, but I believe a majority of serious crimes begin with a lesser criminal offense going unpunished)
We will continue to follow these sources frequently and validate them or discount them. Stay tuned and keep the feedback coming. The more feedback, the more we know, the better we do.
From an Anonymous Source …
Reports from undisclosed sources have potentially identified the account hacker known in the community as AK47. This Hacker is well known for all of the wrong reasons and not very well liked. Rumors are that this person has stolen tags of many players, specifically Pro Players with the most recent and well known being TSquared, GT: T2 is Rippin (and that may be important, read below). The amount of Gamertags stolen by this individual or group is unknown, but what is known is there have been many and the Gamers want it to STOP.
These sources claim the real name of AK47 is Eliott Mandighomi (not sure which Eliott M though). There has also been more personal information spreading through the XBL community (specifically H3) about the unpopular and disliked hacker which may indicate that the community is fighting back against these actions. Maybe finally enough is enough and there should be consequences for stealing personal information, credit card info, MS points, paid in full Gold accounts, and lists of people who paid to be friends with pro’s and on and on and on.
That raises an interesting question to me. Is this identity theft which is punishable by law? Is it no different than any other form of stealing? In fact, it may be even something bigger in my opinion. Let’s take a look:
First, Halo 3 is a business in every aspect now. There are many players who pay to be on particular friends lists. They also pay for those spots to play with those gamers and part of that business includes those who pay up to $115/hour for lessons. So if a Pro Player sells spots on his friends list for $50, then that list is potentially worth $5,000. For some top pros, this number can jump to $200 to $300 which means that any one list can be equivalent to purchases over $10,000. Now, tie that into identify theft and money put into a tag and there may be some legal recourse.
Next, selling accounts has become a big business with many websites solely devoted to that. In some cases, accounts sell for close to a $1000 depending on stats, rank, exp, and many other factors. Basic 50′s alone sell for an average of $75-$100 from what I can tell from surfing.
Now, some would say it’s just stealing an account…No Big Deal. That may be true, but in most cases that’s just the beginning. How easily we forget the person who has to cancel their credit card, then all of the automatic payments, check for fraudulent charges, lose access to credit until new cards are issued, etc, etc, etc… It’s a lot of frustrating work, ALL OVER A GAMERTAG (Dude, get your own)
Finally, the lasting effect!!! Why are Pro’s so closed to random gaming? Duhhh, thanks AK. Why do they make most of their profile’s private? Thanks AK. Why does it seem they act uncomfortable and leave when they don’t know everyone? Thanks again to AK and all of the Hackers for turning gaming into a self preservation job rather than a good time with players from everywhere. And lets not be foolish, AK is not the only one who has nothing better to do than steal Gamertags (that even sounds ridiculous) and frustrate the community and for what…I’ll never know? I hear respect is a goal and he mentions that in his bio for his GT: AK Jacked this…whatever dude, get respect the right way, EARN IT.
MLG Insiders goal is to grow the sport of Professional gaming. However, after receiving countless amounts of emails, maybe we should help in being the voice of protecting our community beyond the pro’s. For every T2 who gets hacked, there may be hundreds or a thousand that nobody hears about so those potential criminal offenses go unnoticed.
Been hacked or know someone? Sound off below
661-753-7647 (the number is a Kern County number in Cali, part of LA county and Tulare county. Lets end his little parade of account hacking and stealing CC info and friends list that people pay to be on
Hmmm makes sense now on why Clutch quit out after 2 minutes into the game
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Tell T2 to file charges.
haha yeah his new tag doesnt fit him at all
Here Ak47 info:
Address:
(Street and Number Removed for privacy reasons)
Slymar, California 91342
Name – Eliott Mandighomi
Cell phone – 661 753 7674
Age – 15
His Brothers name is Taylor Mandighomi
I.P Adress – 75.47.243.130
From- TuZicK DH
I know someone who has ahd his account hacked by ak47 numerous times. He gets it back for a while and then ak47 takes it again. He actually said one day he came up against ak47 in team doubles playlist and he was so afraid he would take his account that he just turned off his xbox right away. This kid should be punished, he has to know its wrong, but he thinks he is funny or cool or somethin.
if that is his right ip then his isp is sbc internet services wich is now apart of at&t
He stole my account, TrRiKsTeR, about 3 and half weeks ago and xbox got it back about a week and a half later. i hope i helped catch him, cuz in my motto he put ak47′z here B***CH and other crap in my bio so maybe they found out were they recovered it from. although i didnt have a credit card on it i hope someone he hacked did and he spends a long time in ju’ve and then jail after he turns 18.
He hacked my account a month ago. still haven’t got it back. his life must be pretty sad and worthless if this is what he’s doing with it.
He can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Only you can make that choice for yourself.
This guy ak-47 just hacked 6 of my accounts. And is wanting me to pay 600 bucks for them all back and threatening to hack more. I have already called Microsoft and my police department.
Thing about ak 47 is he doenst hack ne more i mean me and him used to be good friends to be honest i know how jacking accounts is done if you wish to find out for your own safety i will pass you some pieces of infromation for 1600 microsoft points if you wish to kno more info and you have aim xxrawlisbxx im me asap or if you need to contact me via email Dynamickz0789@live.com
I waNT TO FIND THIS GUY he has been threatening me a 13 year old to take my account away i spent a good 2 years on this account and he has no right so if i find who this is im gonna hunt him myself no joke he just repeated my name a bunch of times and i told him thats what your mom was screaming last night =D
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000198678474 look guys his facebook just read the info ” i enjoy a good hack”
Elliott Mandighomi lives at 13600 Norris Avenue, Sylmar, CA 91342 – you can reach his mother Lucile at 818 3640247. Please contact her and make sure she is aware of what he is doing. Please report him to the authorities, as he continues to perfect his crime. I know him personally and thought we were friends, he even hacked my system – he needs to be stopped asap. Please contact anyone to put him on notice.
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Hahahahahaha its funny how XizOt thinks he knows Elliot .! hahahahahahahahahahhahahaa 1st of all his tagg was Virus! , Hes from Los Angeles california he is 18 years of age. hes Russian , plus that idiot is giving to much credit to Elliot everyone can do what hes doing if you dumbass kids must know,,,,, me and Elliot used to be in TSGH together back in the days Talk Shit Get Hit. The way he would steal accounts is download cain and abel from the computer its FREEEE!!!! , get the kids ips off xbox live , Look up the ip on ip finder on google also freeee……… it tells him where they live but not their house address , he would call have a little sobe story that someone stole his harddrive or something and theyll give him the accounts info from xbox live.! , and host booting simple u just got to have the patience .
you stupid guy,s what are you all stupid .
why do you think that ak47 is american ??
the best cover that you can have is make a identity not only with a false name i am not a amarican and i will tell you this ( think out side of the box )…
i know why he can never be found. ik know where he is from … i know hes name . i know where he is … ive got his email
i will give you a hint he will never be a american and i know that the can see my ip than the know the country but nothing els
and i will never tell good luck searching
the real hacker ak47 i know
if a read the comments from you i must think the are more then 1 ak47 hackers.
AK47 use to use this gamertag (the name) but someone stole it ^_^
Thanks for taking ‘Break’ from me AK
~Jester