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Rumor: 'Rebug' custom firmware enabled 'free' PSN downloads, forced Sony's network shutdown

by Randy Nelson on Apr 25th 2011 6:05PM
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According to PSX-Scene forum moderator, "chesh," the now six-day-long PlayStation Network outage may be the result of a particularly exploitative custom firmware (CFW) modification for PS3. In a post on Reddit, chesh claims that a CFW known as "Codename: Rebug" had given its users the ability to log into PSN as if they were doing so from a developer console (or "debug unit").

As a result, chesh contends, this same exploit could allow its users to add funds from "dummy" credit card accounts into their PSN wallets, ostensibly giving them the ability to "unlock" (read: steal) certain PlayStation Store content. Joystiq's research into the purported exploit has turned up multiple tutorials detailing the process, which appears alarmingly easy to execute on consoles running the Rebug CFW.

The hack does not allow its users to access the credit card or other personal information of PSN users, chesh adds. Nevertheless, as we reported earlier today, Sony is working to rule out information theft as part of its investigation during the maintenance outage in which the company is also implementing new security measures.

Sony has not yet responded to our request for comment on this story.

The madness continues!!!

Wow. Thats insane...

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Rory Cellan-Jones - BBC technology correspondent

Sony now promising PSN statement around 7pm. Mind you, last night they were promising it overnight, this morning this morning etc etc...

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That's 56 minutes away for those fans of timezones.

Wow 1st time i heard about this oh sorry did i say 1st i mean 100th /.

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Uk for the win ,

Didn't everyone know it was due to the rebug firmware?

I can't wait for the update!! It is Tuesday so they usually do their updates today...I hope it's something good!

Waiting for the "**** SONY, HOW DARE THEM STOP US FROM STEALING THEIR SHIT, IF THEY DIDN T TAKE OFF LINUX WE WOULDNT STEAL" guys to show up....