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Microsoft Xbox 360 Hacker Hunt Continues

November 22, 2007 in News comments 4

Microsoft have banned more modders Xbox Live accounts. The owners of the banned accounts have been told the only way to get around this is to buy a new console.

Makes you wonder why people mod their 360 in the first place...

Microsoft's hunt for Xbox 360 hackers goes on, as the Redmond-based giant announced a new round of bans for detected modders.

360 owners who had been enjoying 360 titles using backups found their online accounts banned. The users, who sounded off on the MaxConsole forums, were informed there is no way to circumvent the ban aside from buying a new console.

Despite the continued crackdown, some mods are still apparently surviving unscathed. Among them are the DVD drive hack and firmware hack iXtreme.

A variety of mods were quite popular with the original Xbox console, allowing players to load and play titles straight from the hard drive, eliminating the need to insert - or purchase - retail discs.
Donnelly via escapistmagazine.com »
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    Dance Floor Killah Nov 22, 07
    Only idiots mod. Usually they do it because they consistently lose games or they just want to get all the achievements by doing something shady.
    • 0
      Guugley Nov 22, 07
      Agreed. Would this be difficult or easy for Microsoft to find out, because I don't really see how they do it aside from bragging on forums as mentioned?
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    Final Blade Nov 22, 07
    They do this cause they think its cool and think they will get around the system. Unless your smarter than the MS employees which i doubt, your not going get around anything. People thess days trying to cheat.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Nov 23, 07
    dumbasses get caught. hackers don't.

    i'd not like to be suspended until 12/31/9999 :{

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