KMS activation appears to be working for Office 2013 on the new 8.1 OS

Oct 25, 2013 12:03 GMT  ·  By

As I’ve reported to you a couple of hours ago, hackers found a way to activate basically any illegal copy of Windows 8.1, using a standard KMS activation system that works with custom hosts.

Now it turns out that pirated versions of Office 2013 can also be activated on Windows 8.1, as a similar KMS activation tool is also available for download from file-sharing websites.

While there’s no doubt that Microsoft is looking into the issue right now, it was only a matter of time before someone found a way to activate pirated Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 copies.

Just like it happened with older versions of Windows, Microsoft might at some point block the activation method, but I’m pretty sure that an updated procedure will be released in the coming weeks to bypass any restriction imposed by Redmond.