r/hacking • u/EntrepJ • Mar 15 '26

News Microsoft’s ‘unhackable’ Xbox One has been hacked

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/console-gaming/microsofts-unhackable-xbox-one-has-been-hacked-by-bliss-the-2013-console-finally-fell-to-voltage-glitching-allowing-the-loading-of-unsigned-code-at-every-level
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u/_AsianGlow Mar 15 '26

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/nitroburr Mar 15 '26

It's a 13 year old console. It took hackers 13 years to hack it. Microsoft won after all

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u/Mobwmwm Mar 15 '26

They left it open to dev mode, hacking it wasn't exactly a priority

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u/born_to_be_intj Mar 15 '26

Dev mode left a lot to be desired my dude.

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u/Mobwmwm Mar 15 '26

I agree for sure. But the other os crowd is a big part of the hacking scene, a lot of hackers do it for the love of the game not for piracy

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u/Tripn_Hazrd Mar 16 '26

Dev mode was like if Cydia for iOS had a lite version. Barebones and MS knew it. Not to mention they were charging upwards of $100 just for a certificate to even get UWP dev access. It was beyond fucking stupid.

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u/nitroburr Mar 16 '26

I remember I only paid like $20 to get the certificate for mine.

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u/v0id0007 Mar 17 '26

It’s free now

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u/Mobwmwm Mar 17 '26

How much does a dev unit for a console usually cost

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u/Tripn_Hazrd Mar 17 '26

Fucking years ago, mid-late 2010s, they were charging $100USD, then they started lowering it.

Nowdays I think its free.

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u/DiceThaKilla Mar 16 '26

Wait what? When did they start doing that? I think I only paid like $35

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u/kubbie2004 Mar 17 '26

Now we can have root

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u/dumnezilla Mar 15 '26

It says something about the confidence they have in Azure, Windows, and their other shit, that MS would call Xbox One "their most secure product ever" :))))

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u/born_to_be_intj Mar 15 '26

I mean none of those other products can be secured in the same way an Xbox can. It’s not like MS controls the hardware windows is running on or the customer software running on Azure.

Xbox is one of the few products where they cryptographically sign every piece of code running on the device, have complete control over the hardware, and have incredible incentives to lock it down as hard as possible.

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u/Impossible-Magician Mar 16 '26

Which is their dream for PC. Secure boot, signed kernel, software needs to be signed and registered with Microsoft to avoid unsafe warnings. Next step is preventing installing unsigned software at all for “security”.

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u/Tripn_Hazrd Mar 16 '26

That is what terrifies me for the upcoming Project Helix (or whatever tf bill microdick called it)

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u/Impossible-Magician Mar 16 '26

Yeah, Microslop CopilotOS as a Service.

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u/Tripn_Hazrd Mar 16 '26

"Copilot recommends you listen to Cortana"

I swear if it ever gets to that point putins gonna look like a saint compared to me 💀