[360] Xbox 360 Hacked

Originally Posted by CileGray

So much for being 'unhackable'

I don't think anyone ever thought the Xbox 360 would be unhackable.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by B4-Hunter

Well well very interesting how X360 is being fucked since it was released =P First not secured Demo disc and now DVD Firmware hack... NICE!!

Not really, so far none of this equates to anything for the average Xbox 360 owner yet. From the sound of it the group that came up with this method isn't planning to release the information about it because it doesn't do anything except let you play burned copies of games (while they want to make it so that you can run user-made software on the console). Even then though, the use of this wouldn't be nearly as wide-spread or useful as a mod chip was. When they get to the point where you can install a modchip/firmware hack yourself that lets you run user-made programs and download games to the harddrive, then it will start to take off.

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Wow you say that like it'll now be some kind of holiday. Did MS really say unhackable?

Actually they more or less admitted that the system would be hacked/cracked/modded/etc. eventually, but that they worked to make it as hard as possible to do it. It's been about 5 months and there are still no real mod chips for the system (or real ways to pirate games, since noone's released the method to do so yet), so I'd say they've done an OK job of that so far. But we'll see how long it takes for them to blow the whole system wide open.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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Originally Posted by Eleo

Did MS really say unhackable?QUOTE]

Yeah dude THEY did (watch both videos below).

No dude, THEY didn't. If you'll notice, you'll see that MS never said the Xbox 360 would be hack proof. In fact, here's the article those quotes came from where they said the exact opposite:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4218670.stm

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"There are going to be levels of security in this box that the hacker community has never seen before."

Part of the motivation behind this is to prevent people from using the 360 to watch pirated films or TV shows.

But Mr Satchell admitted no system was fool-proof and that, with enough time and dedication, the security on the Xbox 360 would be broken.

"There're some really bright people in the world with some really expensive hardware," he said.

"I'm sure sooner or later someone will work out how to circumvent security. But the way we have done the design doesn't mean that it will work on somebody else's machine."

So far, this seems to be the case, especially since they haven't found a way around the "individualized" security features. Not to mention I doubt they'll make a hack that lets you use Xbox Live with a console that's modded/flashed/whatever with those components on (and sometimes even if they're off). I think that's by far the most important security that probably noone will ever find a way around.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.