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Given that it held up against 13 years of dedicated efforts by people with physical access to the device, many years after its successor was launched, it seems

Given that it held up against 13 years of dedicated efforts by people with physical access to the device, many years after its successor was launched, it seems merited in this case. This talk about some of what went into it is fascinating: https://youtu.be/quLa6kzzra0 https://youtu.be/quLa6kzzra0

WJW 7mo ago
It literally got hacked, that's what the article is about. It is NOT unhackable.
- ralfd 7mo ago
  Microsoft stopped manufacturing in 2020. It was not hacked in its lifetime.
  - lokar 7mo ago
    I agree, but also find it funny that by that standard the DRM in the original Google video streaming product was not hacked before the service was shutdown, after about 2 years :)
    - leoc 7mo ago
      And to think that sometimes people doubt the wisdom of Google’s product-lifecycle decisions!
- max-m 7mo ago
  To the community it was unhackable, until very recently. It's security measures held up so long that it appeared to be unshakable. There were no obvious flaws. In hindsight it was hackable, but keep in mind how long it took. This console has long been obsoleted.
- Brian_K_White 7mo ago
  It was unhackable while it mattered. It was hacked 5 years after it no longer mattered. And all but the effectively beta release remain unhacked even now.
devmor 7mo ago
"Extremely hard to hack" or "Hackable only after it's retired" don't exactly roll off the tongue, but they are not synonymous with "Unhackable". In many cases the truth is simply that its not worth the time/effort to hack it, so only the most dedicated perverts(with a positive connotation) keep trying.