Xbox Live Problem

Hey guys last night (12/28/06) Xbox Live crashed. For hours. It was gone and people were freakin out. Some people thought it got hacked. It didn't start back up till 1:30 that night which is technically the next day. I got on Live as soon as it was back so I hosted the very first Gears of War match. It's unbeleivable that I got lucky enough to host the very first session. What do you guys think about it's WORLD WIDE crash.

maybe it was an update of some sort

No on the Xbox forums they even said that it crashed. There was no way it was an update. They said that it might not be back online until a week later. Luckily it only took a few hours. Well more than a few but still.