Ep. 4: The XBox One Hack

Episode 4 of the Cybercrime Exposed podcast, hosted by Intel 471, titled "Ep. 4: The XBox One Hack" was published on January 8, 2024 and runs 41 minutes.

January 8, 2024 ·41m · Cybercrime Exposed

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Summary

In the early 2010s, a group of malicious hackers had a goal: to build a Durango, which was the code name for Microsoft’s next-generation gaming console eventually known as the XBox One. They did this by stealing reams of data: authentication keys, personal data, login credentials and proprietary gaming documents. Arman Sadri was on the fringes of the group. He was a gaming hacker who taught himself programming languages such C# and C++ and how to hack games like Call of Duty. He sold gaming cheats, or mods. His eventual goal was a legitimate job in the games industry. Eventually, Microsoft hired him to debug XBox games, which was a dream job. But it was the start of his life unravelling. Microsoft fired him. The FBI wasn’t long behind him. Arman didn’t recognize when he’d gone too deep, and his years-long dalliance on the edge with computers led him to a place from which he’s still recovering. Participants: Arman Sadri, Founder, The Good Hackers Jeremy Kirk, Executive Editor, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Intel 471

Episode Description

In the early 2010s, a group of malicious hackers had a goal: to build a Durango, which was the code name for Microsoft’s next-generation gaming console eventually known as the XBox One. They did this by stealing reams of data: authentication keys, personal data, login credentials and proprietary gaming documents. Arman Sadri was on the fringes of the group. He was a gaming hacker who taught himself programming languages such C# and C++ and how to hack games like Call of Duty. He sold gaming cheats, or mods. His eventual goal was a legitimate job in the games industry. Eventually, Microsoft hired him to debug XBox games, which was a dream job. But it was the start of his life unravelling. Microsoft fired him. The FBI wasn’t long behind him. Arman didn’t recognize when he’d gone too deep, and his years-long dalliance on the edge with computers led him to a place from which he’s still recovering.

Participants:

Arman Sadri, Founder, The Good Hackers

Jeremy Kirk, Executive Editor, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Intel 471

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