Microsoft Launches Investigation into Xbox Data Leak

In a news we conveyed to you 2 days ago: source code of the first Xbox We mentioned that it appeared on the internet. This data leak included the kernel of the operating system of the OG 2001 console, a special version of Windows 2000 and, more importantly, the code of Windows NT 3.5. Microsoft has launched an investigation for this data leak.

According to the news of Comic Book based on The Verge, this data leak first appeared earlier this month, but it started to attract real attention this week. Speaking to The Verge Microsoftannounced that they were aware of the complaints and launched an investigation. Microsoft has not shared anything about its findings within the scope of the investigation, and it is not yet clear whether it will share about it.

Massive Xbox data leak

Inside the data leak Xbox Development Kit, various test emulators, internal documentation and even some build environments (build environment: how an application is assembled for distribution). However, the kernel and source code are in the hands of a small group, which means that there will be no serious consequences.

The first Xbox console did not appear much on the emulator scene compared to other nostalgic consoles. This is because Microsoft used the original Xbox operating system and its core while developing the console. a special technology was to use it. For this reason, it was becoming quite difficult to make an emulator.

In addition, as we mentioned above, among the data appearing on the internet Windows NT 3.5's source code is also available and apparently this source code is quite close to the final version. These are what is currently known about the Xbox data leak, we will continue to inform you of new developments on this issue.