We’ve just been informed that PS3 firmware 3.42 has hit Network Update. Although Sony usually updates its blog ahead of time with information ahead of time on new firmware releases, that is not the case this time — presumably as today is a holiday in the states.

Judging by the incremental version bump, chances are this is a relatively small update. Chances are also high that it blocks the recently PS3 exploit that has been making waves across the net since the PS Jailbreak code was reversed earlier last week.

That said, we’d strongly urge that anyone who wishes to retain the ability to run homebrew should refrain from updating. Unfortunately, staying on 3.41 translates to no PSN access, as Sony has flagged 3.42 as a mandatory update.

Update: We can confirm that all variants of the USB-hub emulating exploit (PSFreedom, PSGroove, PSJailbreak) are no longer functional in firmware 3.42.

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And so the war starts...

no m8 the war is over, actually to think of it, their was no war, sony knew what they were doing all along haha, so if u want to use the psjailbreak, dnt update, im happily updating and gonna by the games as usual to help sony, like they have helped us the psn community, thanks sony, the ps3 remains unhackable still, thats y i bought a ps3 not xbox

no m8 the war is over, actually to think of it, their was no war, sony knew what they were doing all along haha, so if u want to use the psjailbreak, dnt update, im happily updating and gonna by the games as usual to help sony, like they have helped us the psn community, thanks sony, the ps3 remains unhackable still, thats y i bought a ps3 not xbox

Finally someone who doesn't need to "cheat" get what they want
good post sir :y:

no m8 the war is over, actually to think of it, their was no war, sony knew what they were doing all along haha, so if u want to use the psjailbreak, dnt update, im happily updating and gonna by the games as usual to help sony, like they have helped us the psn community, thanks sony, the ps3 remains unhackable still, thats y i bought a ps3 not xbox

im sure sony will get right on that aswell and patch it, y do u think hunter and unknown are not revealing the hacks? becuz they know sony will patch it straight away, sony are not lazy when it comes to serious shit, and im pretty sure if u by pass the update then u will be detected with the dongle and banned, y else would sony release the update