![]() ![]() However, Sony removed the option in 2010, citing "security concerns." There was no such kit for the PS3, but the system software had a settings feature called "OtherOS" used to set up an alternate operating system on a partition. Sony marketed and sold a PS2 Linux Kit in 2002 that included a Linux-based operating system, a USB keyboard/mouse, a VGA adapter, a PlayStation 2 Ethernet network adapter, and a 40 GB hard disk drive. As strange as it may sound, running Linux on a PlayStation was a Sony-sanctioned option in the PS2 and early PS3 days. The exploit can also allow the PlayStation 5 to have an alternate operating system like Linux installed, turning it into a $500 gaming PC. However, it also means pirates can use the same method to run bootlegged software. It would allow users to run homebrewed games without physically modifying their systems. ![]() If valid, this is huge because it means Fail0verflow or other hackers can create custom PS5 firmware capable of loading software signed with these authentic root keys. They can all be obtained from software - including per-console root key, if you look hard enough! Translation: We got all (symmetric) ps5 root keys. Although Fail0verflow did not reveal its exploit, it did say that the keys were "obtained from software," suggesting that no hardware modifications were necessary. More often than not, jailbreaking a PlayStation console requires modification of the hardware. The tweet included an image of the cracked software highlighting the system's supposedly exposed secure loader (secldr). It allegedly got the key by decrypting the PS5's firmware. A Sunday tweet states the group has obtained all symmetric PlayStation 5 root keys. Over the weekend, hackers from Fail0verflow claimed to have rooted the PS5. ![]() It seems that as we near the first anniversary of the PlayStation 5, someone has already cracked the system. Over the years, the process has grown more complicated, but the hackers always seem to find a way. A hot potato: Jailbreaking, modding, pwning, whatever you want to call it-hackers delight in making a device do something that the manufacturer did not intend. ![]()
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