Sat TV Crypto Hacker was Offered 100k USD to hack the 360 - Not Enough Options

[Xbox-Scene]

Sat TV Crypto Hacker was Offered 100k USD to hack the 360 - Not Enough Posted by XanTium | April 4 22:36 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From slashdot.org: [QUOTE] This article from a Swiss newspaper recounts the appearance of Christopher Tarnovsky at the European Black Hat conference. While with NDS, Tarnovsky cracked Kudeslki's satellite TV encryption, but claims he didn't post the result on the open Net. His responses to audience questions are amusing, in particular when someone from Microsoft asks him about breaking the Xbox 360 console. Tarnovsky replies: "I have been offered 100,000 dollars for the break, but I replied that it was not enough." [/QUOTE] Full Story: slashdot.org | letemps.ch (google translate)

[p-niiice]

arrogant.

[DMAddict]

In other words, he can't.

[Killerchronic]

lolz

[HotKnife420]

I got 5 on it...

[Trevante]

I hope he has something else he's doing that's earning him $100K+...

[gsharpshooter]

this guy takes the the meaning of hacker and shits on it hacking is for fun ,and a gift that should be used in wise ways not for money this is just plain stupid what a piece of crap get a job besides hacking and move ur ass instead of chillen at ur pc.

This post has been edited by gsharpshooter: Apr 5 2008, 06:00 AM

[4real*leb]

Don't know everything about satelite encryption but what I do know is that if this guy could crack the Nagra 1 or 2 code, then he could get the one for the 360. Of course if he released it he would face some jailtime of some sort, prolly why he declined the 100,000$$ offer.

[Cr4z33]

Why accept $ 100.000 if you can have $ 500.000?

[lmaolmao]

i'm sure he could find a million people prepared to pay $1 for the hack. so 100,000 really isnt enough.

but yea, he's not even close to what hacking is like from my view. from my view it appears to be groups/individuals who spend a hell of a lot of time making something and then giving it away for free, ready to move onto the next puzzle.

This post has been edited by lmaolmao: Apr 5 2008, 09:46 AM

[JAG_128]

this guy is obivously very talented to sell the 360 hack for $100,000 is as he says to cheap when if proven to MS they would give him afew mill. not to release it + a high paying job with MS , thats if NASA or someone like that didnt grab him 1st. with a job offer, so your talking life changing events here , so ofcourse he aint going to sell for no measly $100,000

[deilzfcjk]

Wouldn't teams like infectus be offering him money if that was true. They are making money off the timing attack pcb, and the infectus 2. The guy is full of hot air.

This post has been edited by deilzfcjk: Apr 5 2008, 11:40 AM

[sunami88]

this guy takes the the meaning of hacker and shits on it hacking is for fun ,and a gift that should be used in wise ways not for money this is just plain stupid what a piece of crap get a job besides hacking and move ur ass instead of chillen at ur pc.

Does that mean you just took the words grammar/punctuation and shat all over them? Pobodys nerfect y'know, but come on dude.

Anyways, ya, the guys a douche. Although I do agree that if he COULD hack it, why not dangle it in front of MS to get a job/more money. That's probably what he's doing...

[gronned]

If hacking the 360 for him actually was mostly about a financial issue, then I surely understand he wouldn't take $100k.. Hacking it is worth a great deal more than that. As he said, he's not stupid.

If he actually would be able to hack is a totally different question though.

[biscoito]

it seems like this guy is a corporate hacker, or a "good hacker", he's hacking activities are to improve security