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Dutch Hackers – 1/Xbox 360 – 0
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-12-16
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Why do they do it? Because they can. The Dutch hacker group, Team PI Coder dug into the Xbox 360 and hacked the game console not two weeks after it was released. Apparently, the team didn't have much of problem cracking the console either.
The group suggested the reason it was easy to crack was because the code was so similar to the previous Xbox:
So you've seen all our raw dumps? but what can you use them for? Nothing in their current form, yet! - But here we go with a nice extractor tool so that you can extract the dumps and check out the files, we even decided to release the source code, so that you can figure out the filesystem and make even nicer tools and clean up our horrible looking code, cause we are lazy and old!
Usage: extract360.exe gamename.360 [wildcard]...
For example:
extract360.exe pi-nfsmw.360
Sit back and relax, and enjoy, these xbox360 games are quite large!
And a note to the tech guys:
Yes, once you get past the protections and down to the raw
bits on the disc, its just the standard xboxdvdfs, however the
offset and layer breakpoint are different!
/ Team PI Coder - over and out!
This is one more example of how quickly hacks happen, even for something that should be somewhat difficult to dicker with. While the group did this quickly, others were certainly working on the hack so there are liable to be more in the works. At this point, the financial gain doesn't appear to be a factor as much as just the want and need to mess with the system and expand upon whatever games they may have.
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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