(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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correct me if im wrong... but when some1 made the CFW for the PSP did they get sued? i dont think so.... so why is GeoHot sued? Because he proved that the ps3 is hackable? Major BS!

What do they give a shit seriously... When you purchase something it is fing yours don't ban me we have the right to edit/change are property Sony you dumba$$ effers read the fing Constitution please...

I've read a lot of good points on this thread. I believe IMO (highlighted, underlined, and italicized), that yes, we should be able to do what we want with our gear. Take Iphone for instances.... what are the apps that we upload to the phone per say? Homebrew. Isnt it the same concept when we buy an Ipod, or an MP3 player when we put music on it? I mean... to be honest... I think if they really wanted to fight back, and im not saying the can, they need to just buckle down a bit, and FORGET the disc-based games altogether. Im sorry, but welcome to the 2011 people..... piracy is and never will die as long as we have means to do it. I for one cant stand paying 60 dollars for a game. So I wait 6 months-1 year to buy it.

All in all, Im not for piracy. Not one bit. Believe that if you want... I just want to preserve what media I have purchased and place what is on it on a removable source that I can take where ever I want and do with it what I want. That is also my choice. Once those 60 dollar discs are scratched, its over. If what you are buying is just a license, what point is it to give us legal right to buy the media in its full form?

Oh well. Lets just keep fighting people.

any other valid points here?