PS3 May Have Finally Been Hacked
The PlayStation 3 has had a history of eluding hackers since its inception, with the notable exception of a hacker known by the alias of “Geohot.” But a recent development may indicate that the console has been hacked to enable playing full retail games off of an external hard drive.
Website “OzModChips” has a new item called the “PS Jailbreak,” seemingly playing on the “jailbreak” software available for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. Costing a hefty $170 USD, the main component of this supposed hack is a USB dongle. With this hardware, users can purportedly copy games from a Blu-Ray disc to an external hard drive (or if needed, to the internal drive of the console) and play them from there. This results in faster loading times for disc-based games, but also opens the door to piracy. There is no guarantee on the product’s website of this solution working in the future, but it is confirmed to work with the latest firmware (3.41 as of this writing) and many games (150 tested thus far). Sony may be able to block this “hack” in a future firmware update, so perhaps your $170 may be better spent elsewhere. Stay connected with PSLS for more on this story as it develops.
5 Responses to “PS3 May Have Finally Been Hacked”
Well people, we are doomed. Now Sony will start removing USB ports from PS3s … just like they attempted to counter attack hack by Geohot by removing “Other OS” when they found out that it was posing a risk.
How? Are they gonna rip them out of the console?
PS Jailbreak Dongle available on http://www.ps3-jailbreak-dongle.com
I thought this sort of thing was possible quite a while ago, obviously not for hacking but my orginal thought was; All sony need to release is a usb device that allows for Ps2 backwards compatability.
@PS Jailbreak
how do you feel knowing your making money by pirating the PS3? Do you even care that what your doing is both an insult to Sony and Playstation Lifestyle? Neither you are your customers have the right to get this content for free and I hope each and every one of you get what is coming.