PS3 hacked?

by Steven Williamson on 6 January 2010, 09:58

Tags: Sony Computers Entertainment Europe (NYSE:SNE), PS3

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The PlayStation 3 has been doing well to hold back the pirates, but that could be about to change after hackers claim that a complicated workaround has now enabled them to play pirated copies of some titles.

The hack apparently works on some of the older models and has allowed a few users to play Killzone 2, PES 2008 and Burnout Paradise. At this point in time, it's hard to ascertain how widespread the piracy is, but some forums suggest that the hack, which involves installing Windows XP over a Linux partition, is complicated and expensive so probably won't appeal to many gamers.

Whatever the case, if true, it could be the start of something bigger. For now, it's just a small victory for the pirates.

Note: No links here as we don't condone piracy.

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Posted by jim - Wed 06 Jan 2010 11:53

It's about time… disappointing in a way though that they've got in through the Linux capabilities, it'll probably convince Sony not to bother next time, although I've never used it myself so wouldn't miss it.

The only thing that surprises me is that they've supposedly installed XP over the top of Linux… I would imagine that Linux would be much more powerful for any hacking attempts than XP.

As will all of these things - it's a start. You can guarantee that once they've found a way in the hackers will start to exploit it and they'll find various new and simpler loopholes to exploit. With the PS2 for example, you started off with the traditional modchip, then moved onto drive exploits, and then by the end of it you could hack the console without any physical modifications courtesy of the PS1 memory card bug they found.

Posted by kalniel - Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:32

PS3 Slim can't install linux can it?

Posted by finlay666 - Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:33

snootyjim
As will all of these things - it's a start. You can guarantee that once they've found a way in the hackers will start to exploit it and they'll find various new and simpler loopholes to exploit. With the PS2 for example, you started off with the traditional modchip, then moved onto drive exploits, and then by the end of it you could hack the console without any physical modifications courtesy of the PS1 memory card bug they found.

Same with the Wii, started out with modchips etc, now you can set it up to rip your games to an external hard drive, then play them from that with just an SD card and some files.

Posted by mycarsavw - Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:38