Manufacturer breaks cover and comments on recent security breaches; network updates planned.
Sony has at last broken silence on You must login or register to view this content. which have seen its PlayStation 3's security measures completely defeated.
The firm has remained resolutely tight-lipped since news broke that a hacking group named fail0verflow had gained full control over the system, after reverse engineering the code used to sign authorised software as genuine.
Shortly afterwards iPhone hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz published the console’s “root key” online, enabling homebrew developers to create and sign their own apps. Blu-Ray and PSP root keys have also since been found buried within the PS3 and released online.
“We are aware of this, and are currently looking into it,” Sony told us in a brief statement. “We will fix the issues through network updates, but because this is a security issue, we are not able to provide you with any more details.”
Sony’s response is at odds with You must login or register to view this content. by fail0verflow member pytey, who said: “The complete console is compromised – there is no way back.
“The only way to fix this is to issue new hardware. Sony will have to accept this.”
Both fail0verflow and GeoHot are staunchly anti-piracy, and have not released any tools that directly enable the playing of copied games, but it is widely expected that piracy will soon be rife on what was, until very recently, considered to be the most secure console ever released.

...this thread should die lol
There is no possible fix for sony other then dumping the PS3 and moving on.

Worse?? how exactly?? they've done what they have done already. only way it gets worse is if they do something else themselves.

we all know it basically leads to piracy and thats what you all want it for. (99% on here anyway!!)

I've lurked in here long enough and listened and cant hold my tongue any more.

I work for "the man", i wont say what dept. for fear of reprisals. And the last thing they are doing is "quacking in their boots" by this. they have already extracted 80% of the PS3 revenue by people buying the thing. the problem comes down to others (game dev companies, shareholders and the like) thinking Sony aren't doing anything to combat this.

This is to placate those who have a real interest in sony revenue and nothing else. sure they might get lucky and find a loophole or law to catch Geo on, but thinking they have no way of stopping this is totally wrong. Guys I work with had hacked the PS3 (and every other consol) days after release and they know every hack possible (and more). Sure they could make it un hackable, but then the game code becomes so complex that people wont program. So what they decide on is the BEST option for what its worth.

Rant over - PS all the guys at sony love this site and we're reading every day. (every 5 mins in my case) - and my stance is "good luck to all hackers - info should be free and accessable to all!"

Most people I know who work here have some sort of JB or had at some point.

We bricked the one in our canteen not so long ago, trying stupid stuff.

although i dont work on consol's, the product i do work on we actively try an reverse eng. or own and others products constantly. its all part of future dev and security. we mostly know were the weaknesses are before rls and mostly have updates ready if found (harder for our stuff, but not for games i'd imagine)

To create a secure product you first have to know where the possible holes are. in our case the Iphone hacks have been great and we rofl'd hard.

I agree this has to back underground to keep the movement of dev going forward without reprisal's as it look as if they'll take anyone to court for a "show down"