Try as they might, Microsoft, just can’t beat the hackers. They pulled ahead for about a week, but we are a persistent bunch. A lot like 3-year olds when you tell them they can’t (fill in the blank) and then they throw a temper tantrum. The latest firmware hack only applies to units with the TS-H943 DVD drive and claims to repel current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts. Take that Microsoft!
Firmware Specs [via Xbox 360 Fanboy via Xbox Scene via Giz]
At 2:00am I become a mindless internet surfer. No video is funny enough, no scantily dressed woman is sexy enough, and no amount of caffiene can change the blank look I wear upon my face… but this… this makes me smile.
Its a game of cat and mouse, just like sony against homebrew on the PSP.
1. Hacker finds Security Hole
2. Hacker exploits Security Hole
3. Microsoft finds way to detect exploit
4. Microsoft bans exploited systems
5. Hacker finds new Security Hole that isnt detected by Microsoft
6. Hacker exploits Security Hole
7. Microsoft finds way to detect exploit
8. Microsoft bans exploited systems
9. GOTO 5
With Sony vs hacked PSPs, if a security hole is found a PSP can be reverted to exactly what it was like before, not the case with a banned Xbox360.
In the end, unless a 100% undetectable exploit is found, which is unlikely, MS is winning because the banned systems can never get back on Live. Until the day a hack is found that somehow allows a banned system back in MS is in the lead with this.