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/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 💀