(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Kakarotoks, the first hacker to have released a custom firmware, today announced it describes the three stages that Sony has adorned the hack for the PS3, and announced that he throws in the towel.

The hacker Kakarotoks became world famous by being the first to offer a custom firmware to play pirated games on PlayStation 3, following the work of the equally famous GeoHotz who had managed to decrypt the secure keys used to run the code (signed or not).

Yet Kakarotoks admits that Sony has found a solution to hack the PS3 unexpected deemed inviolable, and speaks of "heroic rescue" by the firm in Tokyo.

According to him, Sony has proceeded in three steps to rectify the situation:
- Step 1: Securing the firmware update 3.56
- Step 2: Securing the decryption of data when installing a firmware update in the 3.60
- Step 3: Securing the PSN with a change of protocol PSN since the launch of version 3.6x

To those who thought that Sony could address this flaw, since it was due to a hardware problem, Kakarotoks states: "a hardware fault can often be solved in software."

Sony had removed the loaders used by hackers, and have found a way to bypass metldr necessary to hack the console.

More surprising still, Kakarotoks said he will not try to break the 3.60 firmware, and will stay on his custom firmware 3.55: "The 3.55 was very good, and those who love the homebrew as I remain in this version. What we I should have done so far, those who do it should not update their console ... Everyone will find his account. "

He ended by warning the community of hackers do not need to try to convince him to resume his work of undermining: "Oh, and before you flooder me .... It will not be me! Indeed , does not interest me more than that to break the PS3, I'm happy with what we've done. I do not work above! ".

Finally, Sony has done: the manufacturer has found a way to security issues on the PS3. The games that come out in April will all require the installation of firmware 3.60, putting an end to an issue that stirred the Playstation community for 6 months. Good news.

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"I'm sorry but you are wrong. If the game you buy is made for 3.55, and you are on 3.41 or anything lower than the game requires you UPDATE to latest firmware, or you will not be able to play the game."
I never disagreed, I just stated that certain games have firmware on them, and not having internet does NOT mean you can not play the newest games out, because firmware maybe installed on them.

Nice thread.

This is depressing news. Maybe he'll get bored one day, and try to mess with another firmware. I mean after all...Sony likes to provide a new firmware every ****ing 30 days now.

What a load of bollocks. The only reason he stopped is because he is afraid of sony

Geohot was always superiour and always will be. KaKaRoToS basically copied his work and just put his name on it. His firmware was always obselete and he never updated it. Fag

Thank you mate

Both, after the dongle jailbreak, I'm sure that Sony started releasing games that required 3.42 to play, then the 3.55 hack and then they started to release gaems that require 3.60 and yet people on 3.41 can still play any game lol.

To all the nooks who say "nothing is unhackable" I ask you, do you know one thing about how a cfw is made? If so you would know that it's not going to happen. I bet most nooks don't even know about the ecdsa exploit which got us here in the first place, and how it's got patched. Give up, it's you fault that you updated blindly, even when there was dns bypass you still updated before that got patched, and so look where you impatience got you...

So in April my back ups wont work without updating first?

well what have you done thats so great? Everyone thought the PS3 was "unhackable" when it came out because of the new generation of bluetooth encreption. Now someone says its unhackable after a day? Sorry but that doesn't mean shit