(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I'm not sure if any of you have heard but Matthieu of Overfl0w is stating that his exploit is leading to 3.60 Application Keys, rather they are the encrypted keys that allow users to play the games on the disks. This could in turn lead to a 3.60 Custom Firmware release. Perhaps Sony is using the bad-reputation of Anonymous to cover the fact that rather than they being hacked from an 'outside threat', they are in fact doing a employee-only test into a new PSN-core functionality, designed as a countermeasure against Matthieu's exploit.

What we know:
- PSN is currently down (pretty obvious judging by the ShoutBox :carling: )
- Sony states that it is due to an outside threat, however they could just be saying this.
- Matthieu and Overfl0w are currently looking into an exploit that allows 3.60 AKs (Application Keys) and the possibility of 3.60 CFW.
- We already know Sony do not like us running CFW, as we found out in the days of 3.55.

What could this mean:
- They might be developing a "core-functionality" include that detects the a modified firmware file and instantaneously and permanently bans the console from online services.

By core-functionality, I mean something that would inevitably end up on all of our consoles, perhaps a silent update. We know that Sony are very defensive and get all dinosaur about CFW.

What are the signs
-- When PSN comes back online, check for slow internet at the time you sign in and monitor the speed during the first 5-15 minutes after signing in, if the speed is lower than normal could mean your PS3 is silently updating to counter-act the exploit.
-- Check the Wireless Activity monitor, if its blinking and you aren't doing anything online but are signed into PSN, could mean you are being updated.
-- You will probably have to sign a new User Agreement which may have a clause in there that allows them to silently update your console.


This is all a speculation of course. What do you guys think ?

Urgh! I give up with you, you clearly are too far up your own ass to think that anyone but you is right, so whatever. Think what you want. All I can say is :

Sony's Multi-million Dollar Lawyers > You

---------- Post added at 01:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:08 AM ----------

Let me know if any of you guys have any more theories, I am interested in what you people think about this lame PSN outage

From reading a few IRC logs and a certain tweet I believe that Matthieu already has the Public/Private codes. He just doesn't want to release for the reason of Sony suing him. I haven't heard much on FailOverFlow sense they got sued tho. From my understanding of networks they can't really do much from the network side in effort to stop a 3.60 CFW. I may be wrong but thats what I think.


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Sweet information man, but this could exactly be why they took PSN offline, to test a new network protocol that hasn't been seen before as a way to push a silent and always-on update that detects the Custom Firmware? Never know what the monkeys at PSN are up to.