(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hackers say they unlocked the latest firmware for the PlayStation 3 game console, less than 24 hours after Sony released it in a desperate attempt to stuff the jailbreaking genie back in the bottle.

Sony You must login or register to view this content. of Version 3.56 on Wednesday. That same day, game console hacker Youness Alaoui, aka KaKaRoToKS, You must login or register to view this content.that he had released the tools to unpack the files, allowing him to uncover the new version's signing keys.

The hack is the latest volley in Sony's never-ending campaign to lock down the PS3 so only authorized (read: sponsored) games and software run on the console. In the crosshairs are some of the PS3's most enthusiastic users, who want to dissolve the artificial shackles so they can run homebrewed software and other customized software on the hardware they legally own.

The hack underscores the futility of Sony's legal maneuvers. It came 24 hours before a federal judge ordered the You must login or register to view this content., one of the hackers who unlocked Version 3.55 and published the key used to sign authorized games. In other words, before the draconian temporary restraining order even went into effect, the PS3 baton had already been passed to another hacker, who was under no such restrictions.

One can imagine this pattern playing out indefinitely.

So far, Alaoui has released only the signing keys for 3.56, which have since been removed from Git***.com following copyright take-down demands. Determined gamers can still find the data in underground sites, including on Git*****s.org. It's now a matter of someone using the key to create a customized version of the firmware and releasing it. That hasn't happened yet, although there are reports of several hoaxes offering fakes.

According to You must login or register to view this content., Version 3.56 contains hidden functionality that allows Sony to scan PS3 consoles for custom firmware and other unauthorized software and report the results back to the company. Sony reportedly can modify the scanner anytime it wants to, without having to update the firmware. Microsoft is said to have put similar features in its Xbox 360 so it can ban modded consoles from its gaming network.

Version 3.56 also introduces a significantly re-engineered private encryption key that makes it next to impossible to roll back the update. PS3 users with older firmware are required to update if they want to continue using the PlayStation Network. ® <ROFL @ Updating!

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Well said man. Well. ****ing. Said.

The ****? No one has to say anything, it's ****ing obvious.



...now you're getting it.



It stops being your console when you willingly pirate games that costs them money.



Your opinion was a dumb one.

e: FWIW, I pirate the shit out of anything and everything. I'm not standing on a soapbox here, but I'm also not dumb enough to keep preaching "Let us do what we want with our consoles!11" when I know full well that what I'm doing, is something I really shouldn't be.

That would be an invasion of privacy not to mention a violation of the Internet Privacy Act

Who the hell said we were gonna pirate games off the PS3? Ill back-up my own games a run home brew but why would you buy a PS3 and now have enough money for the games?

they don't have a right to tell you to stop...
they imprervise and take psn away.. EXAMPLE...
Be a good boy and you get your dessert..
FOR DUMMIES-
DESSERT = PSN (not banned)
GOOD BOY = not pirating games and cooperating...

its your PS3 and the online is a bonus you shouldn't take for granted

amen. ****ing sony!!

Look man, it will still be our console weather we choose to pirate games on our PS3. They can't take that away from me. I payed my hard earned cash like every one else. I deserve to have the same rights as everybody else. Me not having those rights is downright unconstitutional, deal with it. Yes, this firmware does imply the use of piracy. Doesn't me we are going to use it to exploit the company. Personally, I use CFW for community made homebrew and backing my games up in case It suddenly stops working.


Also, you can't call people's opinion a dumb one. It only makes you sound like you lost the argument and have no actual rebuttal to back up your statement(s). Next time you get in an argument about this topic. Leave it to people who knows what they are talking about

Lmao at updating part.

It's not about not having money, it's about getting free shit. Face it, a good portion of the people jailbreaking their shit is due to being able to pirate games. You're ****ing delusional if you think otherwise.

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How are you incapable of understanding that because you paid for the actual system doesn't actually give you the right to not pay for games? Why is this hard? They have every right to patch their shit to prevent people from exploiting the **** out of their product. Because you and a handful of other rad dudes don't plan on pirating (bullshit) doesn't mean they should ignore and prevent those who.



"Hey hey, I don't indulge in piracy, others might, but not me! So they should really consider leaving everyone alone!"

That's your opinion. I'm telling you, it's ****ing retarded.