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Keeping Secrets in Hardware: Xbox Case Study

Posted by michael on from the peeling-the-onion dept.

BS405397 writes "Here is the just released MIT whitepaper on the security holes in the MS X-Box, and for those who are interested, opens up the X-Box pretty nicely." Update: 06/04 17:13 GMT by M : The server appears to be down at the moment. There is a copy of the paper mirrored here. Reuters and other news outlets have now picked up the story, two days after Slashdot.

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  1. Lame and Dumb by dh003i · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Who cares? Its a GAMING platform, not something your going to store your banking statements on.

    The worst that can happen is you'll have to reinstall a few games.

    And lets be realistic here, who wants to break into a gaming system?

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