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PlayStation 3 firmware 3.60 jailbroken

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 18 Mar 2011 1:11 User comments (11)

PlayStation 3 firmware 3.60 jailbroken Last week, Sony introduced PlayStation 3 firmware 3.60, which added cloud saving for PlayStation Plus members.
This week, a hacker uploaded a video alleging that he had jailbroken the firmware, showing off a retail console with 3.60 with homebrew.

You can read an interview with the hacker here: MyCE.

In separate news, PSX Scene has said that Sony has enabled 3.60 authentication, thus kicking all custom firmware users off of PSN.

It is unclear whether the last move will lead to bans.


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11 user comments

118.3.2011 13:42

They guy that did the video sounds ike an ass hole at the end.lol

Good job none the less. Hope it gets released.

218.3.2011 13:47

Tomorrow floods will ensue as Sony cries a river of tears.

318.3.2011 14:54

Damn - I have just clicked on this link to read this article.

Does that mean that Sony will be knocking down my door to screw my a$$.

Don't bother - i don't have a PS3 - nor ever likely to !

418.3.2011 16:19

They'll only show up at your door if you watch the video.

518.3.2011 17:20

Originally posted by hikaricor:
Tomorrow floods will ensue as Sony cries a river of lawsuits.

Fixed

618.3.2011 19:58

Hackers claiming to have done it on their own w/o anyone else to verify the claim is quite suspicious.

718.3.2011 20:35

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:
Hackers claiming to have done it on their own w/o anyone else to verify the claim is quite suspicious.
Agree xnonsuchx. I can't say if it's real or not, but I came across this info that disputes the validity of this 3.60 JBW ~

Quote:
it would look legit if he hadn't of ran the debugging station launcher

You fail "Connected from 192.168.0.2 on port 1000" (port might be wrong pretty blurry.

This is a debug unit. That can't be done on a retail unit. Run the Debugging Station Launcher on a retail and the debug tools won't connect to it, yours obviously does

debugging station launcher cant be connected to on retail

if he hadnt of posted debugging station launcher he would be believable
And now with the rumored 3.60 FW kicking off all CFW users as posted here ~

Quote:
“We are expecting sporadic PSN maintenance from approx 9am-3pm PST Thursday 03/17/2011. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

That message was the last thing that CFW users got to see today, later after the network was back up all found they been kicked off their PSN!

Sony has finally enabled the new v3.60 auth system which was found beating in the new firmware they had released last week!

Source
it sure seems that KakARoToKS had it right when he said ~

Quote:
Sony is implementing a fool-proof three-step solution which should completely fix the exploit discovered by the hackers. He writes:

"Sony’s 3 step solution: 1 – secure firmware update (3.56), 2 – secure firmware decryption (3.60), 3 – secure psn: change psn protocol (3.6x)"

Source
But we shall see the cat & mouse game continue as usual...
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 18 Mar 2011 @ 8:50

818.3.2011 22:37

If no code is released and no PUP is released then I have trouble believing it...and even if it does work, I really don't care if the code is not available to me.

919.3.2011 11:35
Nikoletaki
Unverified new user

HEY sony MADE A HUGE MISTAKE THAT OPEN THE PANDORA'S BOX...NOW THEY GET F*#$ED ALL THE TIME...WONDERFUL JOB!

1019.3.2011 15:29

Wow seems to be a few videos out there. Any of them legit? My PS3 is nicely running a 3.55 custom firmware. I couldn't give a toss about PSN so just curious if it is out yet and if it is stable. It may be a no to both right now but it is only a matter of time in my opinion.

1126.3.2011 02:25

Originally posted by dEwMe:
Wow seems to be a few videos out there. Any of them legit? My PS3 is nicely running a 3.55 custom firmware. I couldn't give a toss about PSN so just curious if it is out yet and if it is stable. It may be a no to both right now but it is only a matter of time in my opinion.

At this very moment, your ip is being traced and $ony is coming for you.

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