PlayStation Hackers Get One Step Closer to Jailbreaking the PS5

[Tsing]

Image: Sony



It’s only a matter of time before the PS5 is jailbroken like its older siblings, but discoveries shared by PlayStation hackers over the weekend suggest that the inevitability might come sooner rather than later. As tweeted by infamous hacking group Fail0verflow, hackers have already figured out how to gain access to all of the PS5’s root keys. These keys are hugely relevant, as they are instrumental for discovering exploits that would ultimately allow custom code to be run on the console.



Translation: We got all (symmetric) ps5 root keys. They can all be obtained from software – including per-console root key, if you look hard enough! https://t.co/ulbq4LOWW0— fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) November 8, 2021...

Continue reading...

 

[Space_Ranger]

Incoming change of Root Keys and methods of concealing them in 3..... 2...... 1..... *snaps fingers*

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Incoming change of Root Keys and methods of concealing them in 3..... 2...... 1..... *snaps fingers*

BIOS/Firmware update in . . .

 

[MadMummy76]

Bitcoin / Ethereum miner in ....

 

[Brian_B]

Bitcoin / Ethereum miner in ....

haha

Didn't they catch a bunch of PS4's "mining" FIFA currency, of all things, last year on Croatia or something?

 

[GunShot]

There's truth to, "if it's a data breach, it's 99.98999% of the time a inside job!"

 

[MadMummy76]

haha

Didn't they catch a bunch of PS4's "mining" FIFA currency, of all things, last year on Croatia or something?

It was in the ukraine, with thosuands of PS4s in what they first thought was a crypto mining farm, but turned out to be a fifa player card farm.

 

[Burticus]

It's kind of neat in a reverse engineering / homebrew aspect. But Sony will patch it out right quick. Not so useful for arr matey ISO's since all the games are totally broken at launch anyway so you need the patches.