So... Aparently the PS3's been hacked.

[Tank]

iPhone Jailbreak Pioneer Says He's Hacked the PS3

Me no speakum hackese, but it sounds like the guy who gave us the iPhone jailbreak claims to have finally hacked the PlayStation 3.
Without specifying how (and explaining it to me would be like reading Siddhartha to a dog, in Klingon), George Hotz says he pulled it off after five weeks of work with "very simple hardware cleverly applied, and some not so simple software."

I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I've also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip.
3 years, 2 months, 11 days ... that's a pretty secure system
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Hotz says he's not revealing his exploit yet. While it "isn't really patchable ... they can make implementations much harder." Wonder if this portends a fast firmware update to snap it shut. That is, if it really has been hacked. But Hotz's cred in this realm is pretty solid. Interesting.

On the PlayStation 3 [George Hotz, via Gizmodo]

i suppose it was a matter of time. but i dunno, sounds sketchy at the most.

 

[Deceptor]

Yeah I also think it's bull.

 

[Migs]

if it is valid, then its good news. Opens the doors for a proper media center app, like the XBMC to be ported to the Ps3.

 

[larch]

Yeah I also think it's bull.

And why is that?

 

[Necuno]

i suppose it was a matter of time. but i dunno, sounds sketchy at the most.

every man made system will be eventually be cracked in time.

 

[Deceptor]

And why is that?

Wheres the proper proof?

 

[larch]

Wheres the proper proof?

So the original guy who hacked the Apple Iphone is lying then they post it on Gizmodo for the shit and giggles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hotz

If you check the link he has more than enough "street credit" to do something like hacking the PS3. That being said nothing is hack proof.

 

[Dark_Knight]

Maybe he did... Maybe he didn't. Sony has to up their game to lock it down now.

 

[mcryan]

I don't find this even slightly important, he had to cleverly apply some very simple hardware? Great, well so long as you keep this guy from installing some hardware in your PS3, you're safe guys!

 

[Tank]

i don't care who the oke is, it still sounds a wee bit shady at best. sure he's got the "street" cred but honestly.

 

[Strifehart]

Pseudo XBMC style app on the PS3 would be awesome.

I'd buy a second console just to use it as a media centre.

 

[tpex]

I don't find this even slightly important, he had to cleverly apply some very simple hardware? Great, well so long as you keep this guy from installing some hardware in your PS3, you're safe guys!

I think hes talking about what he had to hack to "open the console"

The girl who sits next to me in Uni says she has a friend (an IT genius apparently) who can "chip/hack" PS3s to play Xbox360 and Wii games, and I would assume all of those copied as well, but that I can't and won't confirm any time soon

 

[Strifehart]

The girl who sits next to me in Uni says she has a friend (an IT genius apparently) who can "chip/hack" PS3s to play Xbox360 and Wii games, and I would assume all of those copied as well, but that I can't and won't confirm any time soon

Her friend is lying.

 

[Azimuth]

The girl who sits next to me in Uni says she has a friend (an IT genius apparently) who can "chip/hack" PS3s to play Xbox360 and Wii games, and I would assume all of those copied as well, but that I can't and won't confirm any time soon

Now this is absolute shit. The software/hardware environment for each console is completely different. The games are literally developed in different ways. No hack in the world is going to make an Xbox game work on a PS3, or vice versa.

 

[tpex]

Her friend is lying.

Now this is absolute shit. The software/hardware environment for each console is completely different. The games are literally developed in different ways. No hack in the world is going to make an Xbox game work on a PS3, or vice versa.

Yip thats what I said, but shes not the brightest with technology tho....

 

[the game]

i prefer my originals they still have that new car smell

originals ftw

 

[mcryan]

I think hes talking about what he had to hack to "open the console"

The girl who sits next to me in Uni says she has a friend (an IT genius apparently) who can "chip/hack" PS3s to play Xbox360 and Wii games, and I would assume all of those copied as well, but that I can't and won't confirm any time soon

Hahahah. That is hard to believe... seeing as I have never heard of that being done before. Lol

 

[SephirothDVR]

Well I know there was an emulator software that allowed the PS2 to play NES and SNES and SEGA 16-bit ROMS. So who knows....maybe in 20 years someone will hack the then current-gen console and then you could copy 400 PS3 games on a media storage device( prob as big as your finger nail) and play these "old" games on the console

 

[Keldarza]

On the XBMC - why not install linux on your PS3 and then XBMC? Or is something stopping this?

 

[Neo]

Her friend is lying.

LMAO...This guy is a genius, but not IT related. I think his field of expertise is strictly limited to getting into your friends pants!!! Well done to him. He can obviously make your "friend" believe anything, including the infamous "Yes, this glass of coke contains no date-rape drugs...i promise" line.