As an alternative to FreeKey, Seacrest has released his OpenKey LiteOn 83850c drive key decrypter for XBox 360.
To quote: I just wanted to get a look at the super advanced crypto that goes into 83850c but apparently Geremia is not sharing source code for FreeKey... so one thing led to another and I ended up writing this little app while deciphering the (actually quite disappointing)...
Today TEAM JUNGLE released the much-anticipated iXtreme 1.51 Firmware for all XBox 360 drives. This updates comes after Microsoft's most recent effort to prevent piracy.
As first reported just over a week ago, today the new iXtreme v1.5 is now available for owners of Lite-On DG-16D2S drives.
This iXtreme Firmware update finally hacks the previously 'unhackable' Lite-On XBox 360 DVD drive, and it's compatible with Samsung and BenQ drives too. Finally, according to reports a version which supports Hitachi will be available in January, 2009.