Incident
incident:hd_dvd_blu_ray_decryption_key_release
Also: public AACS key release
Public release of a derived AACS processing/decryption key on Doom9, followed by community testing and widespread reuse.
Public release of a derived AACS processing/decryption key on Doom9, followed by community testing and widespread reuse.
“I decided to post the encryption key I found on a popular hacker forum called Doom9.”
“The community tested Eijah’s key and confirmed it worked.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Eijah | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | CONTAINS | encryption key | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Blu-ray | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | HD DVD | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Doom9 | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | LEADS_TO | The Pirate Bay | Derived | 16 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Sony | Explicit | 16 |
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release DISCOVERED_BY Eijah
The incident concerns the decryption key that Eijah derived while analyzing the protection system.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“Eijah ... find the encryption key”
“maybe that’s the key. Could that actually be the key?”
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release CONTAINS encryption key
The incident involved Eijah finding and publicly releasing an HD DVD/Blu-ray processing or decryption key.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“This was the key that would allow someone to decrypt a Blu-ray movie and make a copy of it.”
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release INVOLVES Blu-ray
The released key was described as enabling decryption of Blu-ray movies.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“the key that would allow someone to decrypt a Blu-ray movie”
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release INVOLVES HD DVD
The episode describes the key as the first publicly released decryption key for HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“the very first decryption key ever made public for the HD DVD and Blu-ray discs”
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release INVOLVES Doom9
Eijah posted the encryption key on the Doom9 hacker forum.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“He decided to post the encryption key he found on a popular hacker forum called Doom9.”
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release LEADS_TO The Pirate Bay
Jack describes a chain in which the key enabled ripping software, which led to copied movies being distributed through torrent sites such as The Pirate Bay.
Derived Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“Then they post and distribute the movies to torrent sites like The Pirate Bay”
HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release INVOLVES Sony
The release was expected to damage movie distributors such as Sony, and Eijah says he wanted to affect Sony.
Explicit Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“it would likely damage movie distributors like Sony, which is what he wanted”