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AACS LA confirms AACS bypass

26 January 2007 4:54 by James "Dela" Delahunty | 21 comments

AACS LA confirms AACS bypass The Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Authority has confirmed to the media that the AACS copy protection used to protect the contents of HD DVD and Blu-ray titles has been bypassed. However, the group wanted to make it clear that it was only a "limited" breach and that it does not represent a weakness in AACS, but displays a problem in software players instead.

The companies behind the AACS system have been investigating the claims from hacker muslix64 since the release of BackupHDDVD and the original YouTube video (which was removed) showing BaclkupHDDVD decrypting and extracting from Full Metal Jacket. Since then, HD DVD-rips have appeared on BitTorrent trackers and Usenet and Blu-ray got its own decryption tool, BackupBluray.

AACS spokesman Michael Ayers said that the hacker managed to get keys needed to decrypt the titles from "one or more pieces of software" but did not confirm whether the licensing for AACS would be revoked from the company(ies) who market the software. "We certainly have not ruled out any particular response and we will take whatever action is appropriate," Mr Ayers said.

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    NexGen76 (Member) 26 January 2007 5:05 Send private message to this user   
    LOL...You guys are dreaming to think your not going to be hacked..And called it limited breach sound like your chokeing when you say this AACS.I should have the right to backup something i own.
    MightyOne (Junior Member) 26 January 2007 6:46 Send private message to this user   
    If man can make it....man can break it !!!

    Don't be a fool to think otherwise
    georgeluv (Member) 26 January 2007 7:06 Send private message to this user   
    this is what you get for the hdmi only trick you pulled to try to force everyone to buy ANOTHER HDTV. untill you stop fucking with tv standards and make shit cheap ill pirate till te sun comes up. i dont think i have paid for music, premium tv, or movies for like 4 years (ever since consumer dvd burners hit the market:-))
    oofRome (Senior Member) 26 January 2007 8:21 Send private message to this user   
    Don't sugar coat it George. Tell us how you really feel.
    jziman (Inactive) 26 January 2007 8:38 Send private message to this user   
    Hahahaha Like I said it was only a matter of time. It is just a chalange and there will always be somone or some group willing to rise to the chalange!
    BlinkN (Member) 26 January 2007 9:06 Send private message to this user   
    Amen to that! :P
    gogochar (Senior Member) 26 January 2007 10:23 Send private message to this user   
    Download links: BackupHDDVD and BackupBluray.

    It all ends here.
    plutonash (Member) 26 January 2007 11:05 Send private message to this user   
    georgie old man u speak the truth!
    cleverick (Newbie) 26 January 2007 12:53 Send private message to this user   
    can u feel the luv from georgeluv. i said can u feel the luv from georgeluv! i do. preach on brother, preach on.
    GrayArea (Member) 26 January 2007 13:24 Send private message to this user   
    "...only a "limited" breach..." "...displays a problem..." ?

    "We certainly have not ruled out any particular response and we will take whatever action is appropriate," Mr Ayers said.

    Pants down. No clue of what to do.

    I bet there's a bunch of hollywood exec types with very red faces and a bunch of engineers scurrying to hide like roaches when the lights come on. Pretty funny stuff.

    Greed makes the greedy dumb.
    joe777 (Junior Member) 26 January 2007 14:47 Send private message to this user   
    @the Mighty One: Rock on matey, straight to the point and when A.I. comes along then same goes, what A.I. will make then A.I. will break, and dont kid yourselves folks A.I. is already here!!!
    hughjars (Inactive) 26 January 2007 15:55 Send private message to this user   
    "...only a "limited" breach..." "...displays a problem..." ?

    "We certainly have not ruled out any particular response and we will take whatever action is appropriate," Mr Ayers said.

    Translation
    Please keep ignoring our track record.
    Please stick with us & keep ripping your customers off.
    Please keep on alienating your customers and refusing the obvious answer (ie sane and reasonable pricing).
    Please keep on wasting vast efforts and huge resources creating these supposedly 'security systems' (none of which has ever proved uncrackable, ever) and which cost the customer so much when loaded onto the prices you charge.
    Steve83 (Member) 27 January 2007 12:39 Send private message to this user   
    I realize we have NO control over the words used by these big companies that are trying to stifle our rights, but can't WE (at least here on AD.c) stop using such derogatory terms??? Instead of saying "...hacker muslix64...", how about something more like "...consumer software advocate & developer muslix64..."?
    theonejrs (AfterDawn Addict) 27 January 2007 18:55 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    Instead of saying "...hacker muslix64...", how about something more like "...consumer software advocate & developer muslix64..."?
    A Rose by any other name! LOL!!

    Theone
    S2K (Member) 28 January 2007 0:41 Send private message to this user   
    I agree with steve. afterdawn should not use therm hacker outside of a direct quoted quote and then with an inserted [sic].

    He didn't even hack AACS, but simply byassed it through a very big hole. that hole CANNOT be closed.
    borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 28 January 2007 17:31 Send private message to this user   
    LOL. Funny to hear that they are dying this break down in their encryption down. You guys keep thinking that. Sooner or later the hacker will break it completley and it will become like any other normal DVD encryption out here already.
    borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 28 January 2007 17:31 Send private message to this user   
    Edit Double post

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28 January 2007 17:33

    theonejrs (AfterDawn Addict) 28 January 2007 19:58 Send private message to this user   
    @GreyArea.
    Quote:
    Greed makes the greedy dumb.{/quote]It also makes rich greedy people dumber! Sony et al, needs to look back and see the mess they've made for themselves. Of course they'll blame everybody but themselves. They know damn well that the costs they incured were totally unnecessary. I guess they can use the costs of development as part of thier complaint, while pointing thier finger at some 12 year old minor who made a copy of his own (bought and paid for) DVD! Yet they still manage to make money! I guess they think that proscecuting minors for piracy is good business! LOL!

    Theone
    theonejrs (AfterDawn Addict) 28 January 2007 19:59 Send private message to this user   
    @GreyArea.
    Quote:
    Greed makes the greedy dumb.
    It also makes rich greedy people dumber! Sony et al, needs to look back and see the mess they've made for themselves. Of course they'll blame everybody but themselves. They know damn well that the costs they incured were totally unnecessary. I guess they can use the costs of development as part of thier complaint, while pointing thier finger at some 12 year old minor who made a copy of his own (bought and paid for) DVD! Yet they still manage to make money! I guess they think that proscecuting minors for piracy is good business! LOL!

    Theone
    noturson (Newbie) 28 January 2007 23:57 Send private message to this user   
    I would like to agree with all of you and throw in a little !*%# the man. Thank you to people like muslix64 and aXXo who make it possible for people like us to actually have an entertainment library.
    solarf (Member) 30 January 2007 7:16 Send private message to this user   
    Agreed Muslix64 is the man! Or the woman! anyway keep up the good work!!
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