A dutch gaming website Xlife.nl has posted a brief interview with the leader behind the Xbox 360 firmware hack, the Specialist. He worked with a team of 6 dedicated hackers as well as the contributions from XboxHacker forum members, without them this fate wouldn't have been achieved so fast if at all! The hack was done as a challenge, spurred by Microsoft's statements about the high-security of the console - much more is revealed in the interview (English translation).

5. Xlife: Why decided don't these hack have you make public?

TheSpecialist: The Xbox 360 were announced Microsoft as if it the best protect console would be in the world and that the hackers scene be surprised by the unprecedented high level of beveiliging. This type statement does the heart of most of the hackers be correct of course more rapidly It seemed me personally an enormous select challenge or the beveiliging REAL this way well was. I think that this motivation applies to nearly all hackers on XBH. Zoeken to beveiligings breaches was therefore the aim an sich. Spreading hack has my inziens do NOTHING with hacken and also never our aim has been.

6. Xlife: Aren't you frightened that you have brought now people on ideën and that tries these now still your imitate hack and public make?

TheSpecialist: I think first that the hack in current form little will be interesting for the average user, since you have specific hardware and knowledge necessary for the drive at flashen. Furthermore the current hack are easily at patchen by Microsoft, since the backup on several points differs from original and here on gechecked can become. ' impermeable ' emulator, which a backup in ALL possible manners presents exactly the same to the Xbox 360 falls outside our scope and this would will cost also rather much work. However, the possibility that a cat/mouse game will arise, where Microsoft with new patches come exists, hackers these will crack etc. This keeps however in that this way long there no ' impermeable emulator ' is, users of Xbox live for example always risk runs become gebanned and will be obliged if they do not want this risk run, still original buy discs.