Monday, February 5th 2007
Iranian hackers crack Windows Vista, sell it on street for $8 a copy
All the effort Microsoft has put into making sure this Windows would be the most secure ever appears to be somewhat in vain. Iranian hackers, operating through a legitimate software firm, have gotten past all of Microsoft's "anti-copying tricks". These hackers claim they will sell these illegitimate copies of Windows Vista through the firm they work for at approximately $8 USD a copy. What's really interesting, though, is how they managed to give each pirated copy of Vista its own serial number, so that they can register it through Microsoft as a legal copy of Windows Vista.
Source:
Taliya news
87 Comments on Iranian hackers crack Windows Vista, sell it on street for $8 a copy
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zek, you got a link to the site they are selling these from?
I'm impressed that you can still register it with M$ even though it's illegal. Well done Iran!
From my experience so far, Vista Ultimate is much better than XP Home - and I expect it will perform better once I've found all the tweaks.
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don't thinkknow TPU doesn't condone it. Think about it, if pirates are demanding payment, where exactly is that cash gonna go? ;).Seriously though, poor Bill, all this and just weeks after launch, and not to mention the whole pirating thing with Romania. :twitch:
EDIT: also, theres still yet to be proof other than what this paper writes
Don't brand them as being terrorists just becasue of their geographical location!
Theres terrorists in America who are American, does that mean you better watch out because next time you buy something off eBay you could be funding terrorism!? :eek:
I said POSSIBLE terrrorist. Under post 911 US law, sofware piracy falls under the terrorism blanket. So.........It's all Illegal and considered bad shite anyways.
They've accomplished what technically isn't/wasn't accomplishable, w/out inserting yourself a validation computer of somekind into the internet connection that validates you (@ MS).
I'd have to guess that NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS @ THAT POINT, they have redirected the validation code in the OS to say:
"THIS IS OK/VALID/LEGIT"
No matter what... right @ the evaluation code jump in the Operating System itself (probably boolean yes/no, 1/0 etc.) during its installation &/or validation period (like XP has etc., not sure how VISTA works it now though, I don't run it!)
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I mean he has put a lot of his OWN money into the company and it has to be tough, no matter how much money you have, to try and develop the best OS in the world, only to have people abuse the system. If it werent for Windows, Id still be a zombie on a console gaming machine, with limited possiblities and functions. I am not afraid to admit that Linux isnt for me, so without Windows Id be screwed. If Microsoft said F#$K it and quit the OS business, Id prolly say screw it as well.
Agent: "Internet copyright infringement sites such as bittorrent trackers may even contribute to terrorism!"
Me: "Are... you calling me a terrorist?" (I'd previously been accused of piracy beforehand in the interrogation I was being subjected to... so it wasn't a stretch to ask this)
Of course, the agent started waving his hands and backpedalling from that, before he went into a speech about how it didn't matter anyway because he was "charged by the congress of the United States of America to uphold the laws of this land" (he actually said that, LMAO!)
I think, though, that there is a certain truth to it -- not that piracy is going to increase suicide bombings in Israel or anything like that nature, but piracy is "terrorism" against the corporate regime, it proves that "free enterprise" as the United States has done business for over two centuries doesn't work anymore in the information age -- if the market believes a product is not worth the money being charged by the vendor and/or the vendor overinflates the price/worth of their product, the market simply pirates it rather than pays. In the past, "free enterprise" has worked under the principal that you can make a product and set any price and people will either take it or leave it -- now, they'll either take it at your price or pirate it. I think piracy/ "financial terrorism" is simply a marketplace revolution which will force companies to think harder when they attach monetary values to their products.
... either that, or eventually, systems will ship with pre-loaded embedded operating systems and the only way to get an OS will be to buy a hardware piece with it pre-loaded. (Not that I think that'd be uncrackable either, lol.)