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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. 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?

  2. 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.

  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 BtEO · · Score: 5, Informative

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

  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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

    --
    I like to think of online DRM as something akin to a college -- you pay for lessons until you learn something.