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PS3 Hacker Claims He's Jailbroken 3.60 Firmware

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-took-so-long? dept.

Wesociety writes "Not one week ago Sony released a new PlayStation 3 firmware update which implemented cloud-saving for its PlayStation Plus subscribers and featured some understandably secretive behind-the-scenes security features meant to prevent future hacking. Today, a hacker is purporting that he broke firmware 3.60 and posted a video to prove it."

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  1. Unbreakable? by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The more you increase your security to keep hackers out, the more feverishly they'll work to take down what they see as a challenge.

  2. Am I going to get sued by Tigger's+Pet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is Sony going to come after me for reading TFA? Do we now need to start incorporating "Caution: Reading the following article may result in you being sued to the ends of the earth" logos over the top of stories?

  3. Re:This is why we can't have nice things! by sexconker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a PS3 owner, I say more power to them. Sony stole from me when they removed the OtherOS feature.

    Basically this.
    I'm normally against piracy, but Sony started this war. I'll fight back by never giving them another dollar. And I won't let that get in the way of my enjoying game that happen to be on their platforms.

  4. Re:This is why we can't have nice things! by click2005 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'll fight back by never giving them another dollar.

    You're going to stop buying games?

    Sony gets a percentage of game sales. Its why they subsidize the initial cost of the console.

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  5. Re:This is why we can't have nice things! by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. And you only beat your wife when she really deserves it?
    2. the hypervisor crippled the box.