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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: T-Man on April 04, 2014, 10:19:12 am

Title: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: T-Man on April 04, 2014, 10:19:12 am
http://kotaku.com/five-year-old-boy-exposes-xbox-security-flaw-1558183736

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26879185

A delightful blend of Epic win by child, and epic fail by Microsoft. Somewhere, right now, Microsoft security coders are being slapped silly. :lol:

Nah, I say hats off to all Micro's rewards for the kid. :yes: Bet that's his career prospects sorted!
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Luis Dias on April 04, 2014, 10:25:10 am
traitor.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: BloodEagle on April 04, 2014, 11:42:42 am
Wait. What?

He got by the password screen by hitting the ****ing spacebar!?

That sounds like an intentional security hole, not a flaw.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Nuke on April 04, 2014, 11:56:10 am
its a back door that was somehow left in by developers.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Rodo on April 04, 2014, 12:00:27 pm
Lucky kid, getting free stufss and all.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 04, 2014, 01:31:13 pm
And a belt off screen for disobedience.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Mito [PL] on April 04, 2014, 03:14:52 pm
FUS RO DAH!!! And that's the whole story...
 :lol:
Trolltutta, that your DNA?
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: S-99 on April 05, 2014, 04:48:59 pm
UUUUUuuugghh :banghead: I wonder how sloppy their other back doors are.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Mongoose on April 05, 2014, 06:38:01 pm
...ewww.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: Colonol Dekker on April 06, 2014, 06:54:40 am
Quote from: S-99 on April 05, 2014, 04:48:59 pm
UUUUUuuugghh :banghead: I wonder how sloppy their other back doors are.
Quote from: Mongoose on April 05, 2014, 06:38:01 pm
...ewww.


Read my mind.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: InsaneBaron on April 06, 2014, 07:17:51 am
Hilarious.  :lol: I'll hire the kid.
Title: Re: Xbox security breached by *DUN DUN DUUUUN*....a five year old....
Post by: S-99 on April 06, 2014, 07:27:35 pm
This seems no different back in the day with the win98 password protected network shares. Where the programming only paid attention to how long your password was, and not what composed it. A bunch of spaces for the password length and you were in.