Xbox 360 copy protection cracks
The raw data for 13 Xbox 360 games has been downloaded
Hackers have taken the first step towards breaking the anti-piracy system on Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console.
A group of crackers called Team PI Coder says it has discovered the basic workings of the console's file system.
The information has helped the group dig out the raw data from the console for 13 Xbox 360 games.
In response Microsoft said its console had several security systems in place that would prevent pirated games being played on it.
Information about the work of Team PI Coder was posted to a Dutch piracy site along with the raw data from the games. There was also links to a small program the group produced that helps to extract the data.
In the text file with the extracted data, the PI Coders admit that not much can be done with the data.
"You can't run these dumps yet, but you will be able to sooner or later," reads the information file.
The crackers have not managed to get the data off game disks, instead they have dug out the version of the game that the Xbox 360 creates when gamers start playing.
The crackers said they were releasing the raw data to help other hacking groups start the task of working out how the Xbox 360 tries to stop piracy.
"So the first task is done," wrote Team PI in the information files. "We hope this encourages all hackers, coders and crackers out there to take up the challenge."
Using the raw data could prove a challenge because the extraction has left intact the protection systems that ensure that copies will not run on an Xbox 360.
The non-standard format of Xbox 360 DVDs also means that a PC DVD drive will not read them either.
A spokesman for Microsoft said there had been a series of improvements to the Xbox 360 that protect it against cracking.
He said that hardware on the system only allows Microsoft certified and signed programs to run on the console. This meant that copied games would not be recognised by the system and would not run.
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all it will take is some sweden teenager to want to play a xbox 360 game on his linux machine. Then it be done.
If I've read correctly, the filesystem on 360 games is nearly identical to those of original xbox games. In fact, supposedly you can extract data from a 360 disk image (note: thats image files, not an actual disk) simply by renaming the extension to ISO and using many of the existing xbox extraction tools.
The game disc cant be read by the pc and that when you dump the game, it will be burn with the copy protection on it.. So removing it is what they need to do as well as getting it chipped so it can bypass the scheme. But no pc would read the disc, they ftp the files over to the pc and then create the image file.
awsome thread n posting all
i would love a 360 n hopefully modded up with games!!!
nice info all
thanks
I give it another month or two
Anyone upset or offended by my post please follow the link and let your opinions be known.
http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=55492
pc cant read game cube disks
plenty of results for them on pirate bay
and they work just fine
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Being able to rip a 360 game is one thing. Being able to mod the 360 is a much harder task.
Considering how long it took for mods for the Gamecube to come out i reckon the 360's much tougher security will probably prevent a decent mod coming out in 2006.
It takes longer than you think to come up with a workable mod chip, dashboard, etc. A workable one. Especially as consoles get more complex.
I would expect a decent first gen mod that still has issues in a year's time. More solid mods will appear after perhaps two.
appreciate all the views n all
i was in Leeds in the U.K yesterday n was in a large pc/game shop(cant remember name!!)
anyhow's they had quite a few 360's in stock--
They were selling them at between 400 n 500pound's uk money!
so there's plenty around
i still think n hope say Febuary 06 we'll see a jump n a decent Modchip
hey all.. just had a thought..
the best xmas ever would be had if by the 25thdec 05 the 360 was fully hacked/with Modchip
an amazing xmas that would be
Sega Dreamcast used a non-standard media (GD-ROM); remember how that turned out? I've got enough Dreamcast games to shingle my roof.
Most gamers who take this journey with the 360 will probably run games from huge hard drives anyway.
I know there is money to be made by it... chip sales, people modding xbox360 for others for a feee.. manuals to sell, modded xboxes to sell with games loaded on it.. Gonna make someone more wealthy.
Xbox 360 mod chips due in a few weeks?
'SPOnG is reporting that the first mod-chips for the 360 will be available within a month, allowing the play of "backup" game copies'
"Microsoft's security is the best we've seen to date for a disc-system. It it weren't for the fact that DVD is used, it's likely that further development wouldn't have been worth anyone's time.”
http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/21/x...n-a-few-weeks/
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