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360 Modder busted by the Man. |
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360 Modder busted by the Man. |
A hard core xbox 360 Modder in San Diego was busted in a raid by the (CATCH) Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Unit. He has been arrested, charged with 10 felonies of pirating and modding allong with selling of the forementioned. The modder had a big business selling pirated xbox games and installing modd chips, and was caught with quite a stash.
He was found out by his own advertising on : Craigs List.com, the authorities spent a year gathering evidence before the bust.
"In the US, the DMCA bars the use of technological measures to bypass copy protection, and mod chips fall in to that category. Console manufacturers have taken an extremely dim view of mod chips, with Microsoft recently seeking out and kicking modded Xboxes off of Xbox Live. Last fall, a French company called Divineo that sold mod chips for the major consoles was hit with a $9 million judgment after being sued by Sony and the ESA."
Though modds are very popular by gamers its not usualy for pirating, but rather modds allow gamers to backup thier own baught games, play out of region games and even home made games that can not be played on a standard off the shelf console. It is stated that because of all the heat on Chip sellers and users that hackers are moving twords softmods which take advantage of holes in the programs.
SEE FULL STORY HERE: ARSTECHNICA.COM
Hight tech crime page: San Diego District attorney"
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