It took them nearly a month, but the Advanced Access Content System (AACS)
Licensing Authority has finally confirmed that hackers have acquired "title keys", allowing
them to decrypt HD movies.
A consortium of movie studios and technology companies backing the encryption system for
high-definition DVDs on Thursday confirmed that hackers have stolen "title keys" and used them to decrypt high-definition DVDs through
flaws in DVD player software.
Both the title keys and a number of decrypted films have been posted on peer-to-peer Web sites for
downloading and copying, a spokesman for the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Authority said.
The large size of the
files and the high cost of writable hi-def discs make large-scale copying of high-definition DVDs impractical, but the attacks on the new
format echo the early days of illegal trafficking in music files, AACS spokesman Michael Ayers said on Thursday.
The AACS LA
also confirmed that the keys were acquired from "one or more" player applications but would not say which ones. If you'd like to read
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