PS3 Hacked Again(25/10/2012)

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Sony has another public image meltdown on its hands. According to a report by Playstationlifestyle.net, a group of hackers known as ‘The Three Musketeers’ claim to have discovered a security key that could potentially make all existing consoles able to decrypt current and future games and use custom firmware. The group claims to have not intended to leak the keys but somehow it leaked anyway, found its way to a group of Chinese hackers who intended to sell it for profit, according to the report. At this point, ‘The Three Musketeers’ released the keys publicly to spite those that would profit from their work. Console security cannot, I repeat cannot, be beefed up via firmware upgrade, according to the report.

The key in question is a set of LV0 codes that can decrypt the PlayStation’s Level 0 security and allows custom firmware users to decrypt all future games, run homebrew software or linux, according to a report by CNET. With the release of a new console possibly the only solution, Sony may have to release a new one soon.

quote Gamesta100

They appear to be fixing it because PSN is under maintenance atm.

quote unclebobert87

I don't think it will be a problem. They survived through the PS1 and PS2 days where about 40% of people were probably getting copied games for their systems. It's not going to make much difference now, because the PS3 is coming to the end of it's life and the PS4 will be here within a year or 2. Sony should concentrate on that, and make sure this doesn't happen again