Eijah MEMBER_OF American Express
Eijah says that in 2007 he was responsible for American Express’s security portfolio.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I was in charge of American Express’ security portfolio.”
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person:eijah
The interview subject, identified by his hacker name, who worked on security at American Express and derived and released an HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key.
The interview subject, identified by his hacker name, who worked on security at American Express and derived and released an HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key.
“My hacker name is Eijah.”
“I decided to post the encryption key I found on a popular hacker forum called Doom9.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | MEMBER_OF | American Express | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | Xbox HD DVD Drive | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | Xbox 360 | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | Java | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | C and C++ | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | memory scanning | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | process injection | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | USES | key derivation | Explicit | 16 |
| outgoing | MEMBER_OF | Rockstar | Explicit | 16 |
| incoming | DISCOVERED_BY | HD DVD/Blu-ray decryption key release | Explicit | 16 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Demon Saw | Explicit | 16 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Promether | Explicit | 16 |
Eijah MEMBER_OF American Express
Eijah says that in 2007 he was responsible for American Express’s security portfolio.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I was in charge of American Express’ security portfolio.”
Eijah USES Xbox HD DVD Drive
Eijah bought and connected an Xbox HD DVD Drive to his computer.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I got curious and decided to buy one. I spent $300 and I plugged it in”
Eijah used an Xbox 360 with the HD DVD Drive to watch HD DVD content.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I had an Xbox 360 which, by the way, was a great gaming console. Somebody told me about this little-known peripheral called the Xbox HD DVD Drive. I got curious and decided to buy one. I spent $300 and I plugged it in and I could watch my video on – through my Xbox 360.”
Eijah says he was a Java programmer while developing his decryption utilities.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I was a Java programmer at that time”
Eijah switched from Java to a C and C++ utility pipeline to obtain raw memory access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I actually switched to a C and C++ utility pipeline just to be able to have raw access to the memory”
Eijah USES memory scanning
One of Eijah’s utilities scanned memory for patterns while attempting to recover the key.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“Another one would scan memory, look for pattern.”
Eijah USES process injection
Eijah says one of his utilities attempted to inject content into a process.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“Another one would try to inject content”
Eijah USES key derivation
Eijah says one of his utilities performed key derivation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“and perform key derivation.”
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?”
Eijah says he was a lead programmer for Grand Theft Auto V with Rockstar.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Eijah EP 16 Details
“I was one of the lead programmers for Grand Theft Auto V for five years with Rockstar.”
Jack says Demon Saw is one of two projects Eijah created himself.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“Eijah is currently working on two projects he created himself; Demon Saw and Promether.”
Jack says Promether is one of two projects Eijah created himself.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 16 Details
“Eijah is currently working on two projects he created himself; Demon Saw and Promether.”