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Hack Center, Game Center, Game Center Leaderboards

I would like to know what Apple is going to do about people hacking Game Center and posting whatever score they want to. I have contacted a few deplores and they all ay the same thing that Apple dose not let them have access to the online leaderboards. It is not fair for honest people who do not cheat! Microsoft would never let this fly on XBOX Live they are constantly monitoring people, taking away their achievements, and suspending their accounts. Just look at what Sony is going to do to people they catch hacking the PS3 they said they will ban them for life.

iOS 4

Posted on Feb 19, 2011 12:59 PM

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Posted on Feb 19, 2011 1:04 PM

Yeah, I'm waiting too. I hate it when there's a high score like 2,147,663,847 and every other score is like only 1 million in some apps, like Cut The Rope , the first box.
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Feb 23, 2011 10:22 AM in response to Mr.Sunny

I think Apple is obliged towards the makers and buyers of games. I quitted Angry Birds and Cut the Rope, symply because scoring is no fun anymore. I think it should not be difficult to ban hackers for live. Names that are on top of a score list with surreal scores or names that only are being found on top of the game but not in the individual "worlds" should be banned. Softwarewise this is easy. And for Apple: today you will find them in the Game Center and tomorrow.... Good Night Apple.

Feb 26, 2011 4:12 PM in response to Mr.Sunny

Frist I would like to thank everyone for responding, onezeroight 58.5 billion years yeah your right that is pretty impressive, fishcomputer you should really look at things before you put it out there because if you did you would have seen that the number you put and I put are the same, now granted the number 1 and number 2 spot NOW HAVE the same score of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 that is zDoc and someone new by the name of clem212

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Mar 7, 2011 3:42 PM in response to Mr.Sunny

FYI, the value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 is the largest single value of the BIGINT variable in an SQL database table—it is equal to (2^23)-1. This is likely the maximum value that any score, in any game, could have and still be compatible with Game Center.

So clearly, the hackers have managed to edit their backed-up game data on their hard drive, or via a jailbroken iPhone, iPod, or iPad—likely with some form of hex editor—then had Game Center submit the now-hacked score up to the servers. I wouldn't be surprised if someone managed to extract the file from the iTunes backup of their device, edited the key bits, re-integrated the backed-up data, then performed a Restore to their device of said backup.

It's an exploit, period. Presumably, Apple could correct it at some point by requiring the score submission to be signed in some way—but whether they think it important enough to address, is another story entirely.

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