PS3 Hackers Find ‘Private Key’ to Allow Unauthorized Code
While most of the hardware thats hits the market is perfect capable in its own respect, the manufacturers behind the hardware have been known to lock down certain features for one reason or another. Manufacturers of game consoles quite evidently have been known to lock down the ability to run unauthorized games in order to curb piracy.
However, it seems that a group of hackers dubbed fail0verflow have found a “private key” that allows homebrewers to run unauthorized code on the PS3. These are the same folks behind the Wii Homebrew Channel so it seems pretty legit.
The group says they will have a demonstration of the hack during the Chaos Communication Conference 27C3. For those of you scolding the group for supporting piracy, that is not the purpose of this hack. Instead, they are just looking to enable PS3s to run Linux no matter what firmware version its currently running.
We’ll keep you posted as the story unfolds.
via joystiq
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