Top Notch NERDS Crack the XBOX!!

**wweomaniac** · 06-03-2002

MIT Cracks Xbox

Computer enthusiasts have dreamt of using Xbox as a computer with Linux and other operating systems since the earliest days of the system. Thanks to Andrew Huang, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), that dream could soon become reality, as it seems the Xbox security system has been circumvented. According to an article on Reuters, after completing a PhD thesis on supercomputer architecture, Huang wrote a memo describing plans to construct hardware that would allow the reading of the Xbox’s internal security system. Information on how to accomplish this was posted in a 15-page report over the weekend at Slashdot and, according to the report, the custom board used for circumventing the security system only took three weeks to build at a total cost of $50 dollars.

The report went on to state that due to the fact the serial numbers are stored in the Xbox CPU, the system could be vulnerable online. Specifically, it was revealed that it wouldn't be too hard for a hacker to find out users personal information via the serial key. The full 15-page report can be found here , and the full story here.

comment: wow! They have nothing to do with their time.

**Marc** · 06-03-2002

I hope they get sued for all their sorry asses are worth...

**Hugh_Jass** · 06-04-2002

Students' sorry @sses usually aren't worth much. They might be able to go after the school, but I doubt they will.

I guess I would be more upset about this if there weren't already four types of mod chips on the market.

**wweomaniac** · 06-04-2002

You woudlnt get sued for that. This is their personal property and MS doesn't have the right to do anything aboot it. I think its pretty cool. Hacking into consoles is nothing new.