Has 'Unbreakable' Blu-ray Protection Been Broken? November 05, 2007

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The makers of AnyDVD – the popular DVD copying software – has said that it has cracked the new BD+ protection system for Blu-ray movie discs.

If the claim from Slysoft is true, then the market for high-definition (HD) movie piracy truly is wide open for business, especially since the company’s AnyDVD software already cracks early HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs that use the older AACS system.

This is a real blow for Sony –and its partners - which has claimed that BD+ will stop hackers that have been pirating early Blu-ray movies protected by the AACS technology. BD+ is described as a ‘dynamic’ encryption system, that sits alongside AACS and can detect security issues on the fly. Its other key advantage is that if one Blu-ray movie is compromised, it can be adapted easily by the studios so that not all discs are vulnerable.

James Wong, head of development at SlySoft said: “We already found a way to crack BD+, and we have just turned to fine-tuning … I should really think about hiring a bodyguard now, since this product won’t please everybody.”

Now that’s an understatement.-Martin Lynch

[Tech.co.uk]

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