XBOX 360 Firmware Hack Confirmed, Videos Follow
Well now it is pretty much official for everyone that either didn't want to believe or those that needed to see it to believe it. A video of a the Xbox 360 firmware hack announced a few days ago surfaced earlier today with the following message (emphasis ours):
TheSpecialist:
(Months of hard work have come to an end. The 360 FW security details were posted a few days ago already, so why not make it Official It's been done.Respect to all the people on this board who made it possible with their brilliant contributions:
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Just for fun, here's a little video: rapidshare.de. And no, the team decided not to release a hacked FW. The security details are proof itself. The team advocates hacking, not piracy.)
TheSpecialist and his team was able upload unsigned code into the firmware using a modified Xbox 360 game that was not signed correctly. Once the firmware was modified the hackers removed or modified the software that detects the signed Microsoft XEX code, thus allowing them able to play unsigned games on that machine. A user on the Maxconsole forums (Arakon) close to the source has stated that this hack does not circumvent region protection and only 1:1 copies of games of the same region will work.
