Filter the "master key" of PlayStation 3

Hack Information

Attack Date	2012-10-26
Dump Type	Custom Firmware
Claimed by	The Three Musketeers
Hack	MasterKey
Target	PlayStation 3 Of Sony
Source(s)	Cnet

A new security breach has given another blow to the Sony console, but this time seems to be something much worse than at other times.

This is a new hack which according to experts it is the equivalent of the "master key" of the PlayStation 3, which gives access to all the games and lets you use a custom firmware.

The leak has come from the hand of a hacker group called The Three Musketeers (The Three Musketeers),
who claim initially not have intended to make the information public. However, doing so would end after discovering that some Chinese hackers tried to sell the aforementioned hack .

This "master key" is a set of codes LVo able to decrypt the security level 0 in the console, allowing users to customize the firmware to access all games (current and upcoming releases),
in addition to running homebrew (homebrew ) and Linux. Something that according to reports, could not be fixed by an update or a patch for the firmware.Confirmed the information, people at Sony would be in deep trouble, leaving as the only solution to launch a new console.

Let's wait and see what he says about the Japanese company, then remember that this is not the first time you go through  these problems .


Follow @TheHackersBlog Tweet Tweet to @TheHackersBlog

#

See All Posts From