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Originally Posted by Rifleman
If this is an IP ban, it won't do much, depending on whether the guy has an ISP that lets him get a new one on request. If this actually writes a code into his Xbox, it'll be a little bit more inconvenient. Basically, the guy would have to buy an Xbox, apply the cheat, and hope he doesn't get caught. If he does, he'll have to return his Xbox and get a new one, then apply a different cheat. Rinse and repeat until he finds a cheat that is undetectable and/or very hard to detect.
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It'd be banning the console's unique ID itself.. so returning to the store and getting a new one would work, of course the buyer of the pre-owned console is going to get a nasty suprise!
In this case it wasn't really a big deal, they just used some internal knowledge (the key for an internal test they got from a guy who's mom worked at microsoft), and then cloned the Live accounts with a glitch.
Pretty hard not to detect though, if Microsoft has X # of play testers and all of a sudden dozens or more unknown people start showing up in the private servers, well that's pretty easy to detect.
