Naphthalene flavor leak: Microsoft investigates Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code theft

The source code of the console leaked to the network Xbox first generation along with the source code for the nearly final version Windows NT 3.5reports The verge. According to the publication, the leak is really real and occurred in early May.

Information about the kernel of the console operating system, which in itself is a modified version of Windows 2000, has become public. The leaked package also contains some build environments, a set of development tools used for testing emulators and internal Microsoft documentation. At the same time, as The Verge notes, the Xbox source code was available to enthusiasts before, but was distributed privately.

Now, when all the important data has appeared in the public domain, this can have far-reaching consequences, in particular, for the development of the emulator scene. Due to the specifics of the Xbox core, no one still succeeded in fully simulating the console – all unofficial emulators created by the community today can only reproduce with a creak about 40 of 900 games available on the original Xbox. At the same time, Microsoft has its own proprietary Xbox and Xbox 360 emulation system, but it is only available on Xbox One.

In a statement to The Verge, a Microsoft spokesman said that the company is aware of the leak and is investigating what happened.

Xbox came out in 2001. Now the fourth generation of the Xbox Series X console is preparing for launch.

Read also: “You are not shooting, but you are catching a bullet”: Christopher Nolan continues to play over time in the new trailer for the movie “The Reason”.

Add to our Telegram channel via the link or search for it manually in the search by name gmradost. There we publish, including that which does not fall into the news feed.. Also subscribe to us in Yandex.Zen, Twitter and VK. And do not forget that we have a dark theme and a ribbon instead of tiles.