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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.

    1. Re:Unbreakable? by Bert64 · · Score: 4, Informative

      I haven't "hacked" my console...
      All i have done is fixed it..

      When i bought it, it was sold to me on the basis that i can play games on it *and* run linux. I don't play a lot of games (i have 5 for it) but i did want to play gran turismo 5, despite that game saying it's for "ps3", by default i can't play it on the ps3 without sacrificing the ability to run linux...
      It doesn't state anywhere on the box that i would have to sacrifice one of the functions i bought the ps3 for in order to continue using another...

      I don't play games online with it, but if i wanted to that would be even more ridiculous...

      So in the end i have to install a hacked firmware so that i can continue using linux on the ps3 and still play legitimately purchased newer games...

      I am probably going to sell my legitimately purchased copy of GT5 and continue playing a pirate copy out of principle - and pirate any future games i want to play, sony don't deserve any more of my money if this is how they treat paying customers.

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  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?

    1. Re:Am I going to get sued by Shikaku · · Score: 4, Funny

      Please assume the party escort position.

  3. Ah, this again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Someone spotted the fact that his debug loader properly connected to a PC, apparently something that retail PS3s, no matter how hacked they are, can't do. So for the moment, looking like a fake; basically a debug unit on the latest debug firmware.

  4. 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.

  5. 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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  6. Re:This is why we can't have nice things! by BtEO · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sony removed OtherOS from the Slim first. Then Geohot started poking around looking for ways to re-enable it.

  7. 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.

  8. Debunked by FLEABttn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He's running a dev unit. 3.60 has not been jailbroken. This was non-news when this video surfaced two days ago because it was debunked mere hours later. Glad to see Slashdot posting articles in a timely fashion.

  9. Re:This is why we can't have nice things! by Dorkmaster+Flek · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Slim never featured linux to begin with. They cut out the hardware to enable dual booting the way it had been done in other models to save costs.

    Except there was never any hardware required specifically to do that. Geohot got OtherOS working on the slim, thus proving that there was no technical limitation to running it there.

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  10. Re:Is DRM conceptually useless? by spire3661 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Took significantly less then 5 years to crack the PS3. The people who ended up finding the right stuff werent even looking until motivated by Sony.

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