HDCP master key hacked?

Posted on Tuesday, September 14 2010 @ 17:46 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Neowin reports the HDCP master key has been supposedly leaked via Twitter:

One of the things making today’s Twitter headlines was the supposed release of the HDCP 'master key' – a key that allows the hacking of any HDCP-protected content for any HDCP-protected device. Currently, there’s not a lot of information about this discovery, not even who discovered it or how it was discovered. Engadget first reported the news, citing both a Twitter post by the user IntelGlobalPR:

Master HDCP key released: http://bit.ly/aM84GD (please mirror and RT!) #drm #hdcp #defectivebydesign

The site describes the key as "a forty times forty element matrix of fifty-six bit hexadecimal numbers", not that that’ll mean a lot to most of us.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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