Takes Him 3 Years, 2 Months, 11 Days To Accomplish The Feat
January 23, 2010 - In a blog post yesterday, the creator of the iPhone Jailbreak, George Hotz, claims to have finally hacked the PlayStation 3. The process took five weeks using “very simple hardware cleverly applied, and some not so simple software.”
“I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I have a lot of dumps of LV0 and LV1. I’ve also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip. 3 years, 2 months, 11 days…that’s a pretty secure system,” brags Hotz on his blog.
Hotz also commented on what Sony can do about the hack:
“As far as the exploit goes, I’m not revealing it yet. The theory isn’t really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can’t post dumps. I’m hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are set up like the iPhone’s KBAG.”
So what does all of this tech speak mean? I have no clue. What I do know is that Hotz’s breakthrough has the potential to deal a blow to Sony’s cash flow if it’s used in the wrong hands, just like his last major exploit did to Apple. Whatever uses this hack has at the end of the road, I don’t think it would be unreasonable to call George Hotz the greatest hacker of the gaming world. PS3 owners and aspiring hackers alike should follow his blog and Twitter page to see what kind of benefits this could have for them in the long run.
How is this guy not in jail yet?
He should be. Isn’t there something written in Sony’s lingo that says you are not to reverse engineer…
This is going to make things a whole lot worse for PS3 gamers, as Sony spends more money on making the PS3 more secure instead of funding games!
He looks a like a gay hacker from florida.
Reverse engineering isn’t illegal. It’s what you do with the info that can be illegal. Rival companies do it all the time to make their product better, or even to copy a successful product, change one or two things, then call it their own design.
I will still buy games and use my PS3 the legal way. I had a few friends that would hack all sorts of consoles. They would brag that they downloaded all of the new games that just came out. Funny thing is, they had so many games downloaded that they would only play them for an hour at most! A lot of work goes into making games, I will support the gaming industry!
Dude needs to get some sun.
Dude needs to get laid!!
Lot of people with impaired judgment on here. The guy is pretty much brilliant and Apple, or Sony would be wise to offer him a significant contract to help identify these exploits and better secure their software and hardware. Throwing a genius 21 year old in jail for what he’s doing should be highly offensive to any American. Shame on all of you who have suggested such a thing. This is a good thing, not a bad thing. He hasn’t condoned piracy at all to the best of my knowledge, so I say keep it up George.
geo hot cause of you apple make lot of money out of iphone and ipad people loved iphone cause of you thanx man and keep it up