Hacker cluster “Xbox Underground”; Microsoft, Valve, Epic Games, and even the US army, the major technology companies were made up of young people who managed to infiltrate.
Main purposes; to access early versions of games, developing kits and indoor software tools. This adventure, which started with his passions for image games, turned into one of the most famous hacker cases of the 21st century.
The members of the group were often in the middle of the age of 16 to 22.
One of the most well -known names of the group was an Australian young man named Dylan Wheeler. David Pokora was a Canadian hacker who entered the world of hacking at an early age and became the first person condemned for infiltrating the servers of Microsoft in the USA. Nathan Leroux (20) and Austin Alcala (18) also contributed to the cluster in different areas.
So how did they manage to infiltrate the system?
Hackers; He first started to work by investigating Microsoft’s security vulnerabilities. Social engineering, identity hunting attacks (Phishing/Oltalama) techniques infiltrated the network of large companies.
First of all, they have the purpose of Microsoft employees and game developers. They deceived employees with false e-mails and invalid identities and seized their entry information.
Using this information, they entered Microsoft’s built -in VPN system (virtual private network) and crossed the firewalls and reached the company’s most closed documents. They provided access to Xbox development tools and source codes.
They stolen the development kits in the systems they infiltrated and now accessed games that have not been released. They seized the Xbox One development kits before the console was officially announced. They also stole the early versions of games from companies for Valve and Epic Games.
With physical hardware hacking techniques, they modified Xbox consoles to run copy games. Even Call of Duty: They seized an early version of Contemporary Warfare 3 and managed to play the game before it was released.
They tried to sell the stolen information.
Initially, the cluster, which only made a hacker for a revelation, wanted to turn it into an opportunity with time. They tried to sell the Xbox One development kits they played for thousands of dollars over the internet. In addition, a number of hackers sold the stolen game documents and security gaps to other individuals.
This situation attracted the attention of FBI after a while and the authorities began to follow the hacker set more closely.
The FBI traced the children and caught them.
David Pokora was arrested in the USA and was sentenced to 18 months of prison for infiltrating Microsoft’s servers. Nathan Leroux and Austin Alcala were also wrong and received various penalties.
Dylan Wheeler tried to prevent his extradition because he was in Australia. He made a effort to not go to the United States for years and argued that he was unjustly for the purpose.
The Xbox case was a valuable turning point in the cyber security world.
This is the hard -to -believe event, revealing the security vulnerabilities of large technology companies, led to strengthening the security systems of giants, Microsoft.
In addition, considering the ages of the hackers involved in the event, he showed how great the young hackers could have …
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