Apple’s security team may have its work cut out for it, as a pirated 4K copy of the hit movie “Aquaman” has been released into the wild. While there could be other explanations, multiple signs are pointing to the film coming from iTunes.
The file name offered the first hint as to where it came from:
The title, “Aquaman.2018.2160p.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.HDR.HEVC-MOMA,” suggests that this is a 4K release that was decrypted directly from iTunes. This is something that has never happened before with a 4K WEB-DL.
This also serves as possible proof that someone was able to crack iTunes’ 4K protections for the first time ever, as the movie isn’t yet available on Netflix or Amazon and the pirated version surfaced after it was recently released on iTunes.
Some have suggested that the file may have been mislabeled, but it’s been noted the “release has been posted by reputable sources who are certainly not known for making stuff up.”
An anonymous source offered the following possibility for how the film may have been decrypted from iTunes:
“Apple has 4k only on Apple TV running tvOS. I assume they skipped checks, if the device is jailbroken, and someone just dumped the encrypted stream and decrypted it via what’s in memory as keys,” says our source, who prefers to remain anonymous.
Apple has yet to comment on the leak or whether iTunes is being updated to prevent further instances like this.
Via 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and TorrentFreak