Microsoft investigates Xbox One bug revealing gamers' real names

发布时间：2025-04-27 02:03:09

Gamers are complaining their real names are being exposed on Xbox One, and Microsoft is on the case.

According to a Reddit thread on Thursday, many players were finding their gamertags subbed out for their real names.

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"I woke up this morning and someone told me 'Hey your last name is showing,'" wrote Redditor Nadia C. "I thought it was weird because I have my settings to block from showing my real name."

"Everyone's Name is showing. Big streamers, friends, recent players. I went through my entire friend list and I know for a fact none of these people have ever showed their name before."

"We all go by nicknames and having your last name show is a HUGE BREACH in security. Why is this happening?"

Needless to say, some folks are pretty pissed.

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These players, like many others in the Reddit thread, found their account settings had been automatically changed, particularly the section for real name sharing — it had been changed from "block" to "everyone." Sure enough, my account settings were changed too, and looked like this:

Happened to me too. Credit: xbox/screenshot

Xbox Program Manager Brad Rossetti confirmed to the thread that Microsoft was looking into the bug's cause. No update has been reported at this stage.