Rumor: PS3 hacked yet again, this time it might be for keeps

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Yesterday a new, PSN-enabled custom firmware for hacked PlayStation 3 consoles launched, compatible with the official firmware 4.25 release. This type of hack isn't new, and previously Sony has been able to update its firmware to sufficiently quell the hackers' reach. Following the custom firmware launch yesterday, however, was the release of the PlayStation 3's LV0 keys.

In theory, the LV0 decryption keys make is easy to decode any system update to the PlayStation 3, Eurogamer writes. The LV0 keys allow PS3 firmware to be decrypted on PC, and then re-encrypted with firmware 3.55 keys to run on hacked consoles.

A group called "The Three Muskateers" takes responsibility for the LV0 keys, but not the leak itself. That's all thanks to a new Chinese hacking group, "BlueDiskCFW," who planned to release and charge for custom firmware updates using The Three Muskateers' LV0 keys. To stop BlueDiskCFW from profiting off the keys, the Muskateers released them.

"You can be sure that if it wouldn't have been for this leak, this key would never have seen the light of day," The Three Muskateers write in a statement. "Only the fear of our work being used by others to make money out of it has forced us to release this now."

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/23/rumor-ps3-hacked-yet-again-this-time-it-might-be-for-keeps/

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ShikarkuPosted:

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Zauberer
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Sega You never hear of Xbox itself being hacked, just the games like call of duty etc...

I don't see why they are hacked so easily, and how did they keys get leaked.


Your a idiot, you understand that right?

Whats a RGH, a "hacked" xbox. Whats a JTAG, a "hacked" xbox. Whats a DEV KIT, a "hack"/stolen xbox. Whats a SDX, a "hacked/stolen" xbox.

DO I need to go on?


but do they go online ****?


A flashed console is a hacked console and is the closest hack compared to the firmware hacks of the PS3. Flashed consoles play online. Your argument is invalid.


Flashed xbox's are not hacked, they just have different cd drive cables making it able to read pirated disks.


No there not, you don't change any cables... You change the firmware on it.


seems to me they hacked the ps3 network. not the console. no one can actually hack xbox network. only modify consoles to their wants..


They hacked the Firmware and that's the first since Geohot's 3.55 hack. XBOXs are hacked mostly by anyone because flashing is consider a hack. You change the drive firmware to read burned games. Which can be backups or illegal copies so ya it is a hack.


They don't go online though. And if some manage to do so they're banned, and what they can do online is very limited if they want to keep their console. Unlike PS3 where once they're hacked and go online, they can do whatever they want.


Really? You made me laugh, PS3 jailbreaks can never go online it's instant ban. Unlike xbox people ca go online with flashed consoles and rgh with A risk of getting banned. Some don't even get banned or bypass it and host the many lobbies we see today. I'm not saying some people don't bypass psn ad somehow get online, they and host lobbies just like the 360 just not as much as it.


This whole conversation is stupid...xbox is clearly better in the security side of things...microsofts firewall and security system has prob. never been breached...other than the leaking of games but hello gamestop gets games in early, of course someone knows the manager and gets a copy for free. But the price i would go with PSN, but right now xbox is the main way to go because of the unlimeted xbox live gold method.


What is this unlimited xbox live gold method?
And it is sort of true, even though xbox's themselves can be 'jtagged' the PSN network itself was hacked allowing credit card details of people's accounts to be sold.

lolohnoeszszPosted:

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dilf Great, I was selling my ps3... now nobody will buy it..


Your a moron.


You're*

FountainsPosted:

here we go again..

TTGxUehleinbxPosted:

dilf Great, I was selling my ps3... now nobody will buy it..


Your a moron.

Dex-PS3Posted:

If there is a tut That is,

Thanks Guys

Dex-PS3Posted:

Can Some one pm me a TUT on how to hack/mod my ps3,im usaly a xbox 360 hoster and never used my ps3.So imbored and wanna do it,i have little nowledge on ps3 but i will learn like the rest of you guys,So Can anyone PM me a tut

Wiz-Posted:

So what can be done with these keys?

goyPosted:

Great, I was selling my ps3... now nobody will buy it..

KrumblePosted:

Haha **** here are the LV0 keys
ERK = CA7A24EC38BDB45B98CCD7D363EA2AF0C326E65081E0630CB9AB2D215865878A
RIV = F9205F46F6021697E670F13DFA726212
PUBLIC = A8FD6DB24532D094EFA08CB41C9A72287D905C6B27B42BE4AB925AAF4AFFF34D41EEB54DD128700D
PRIVATE = 001AD976FCDE86F5B8FF3E63EF3A7F94E861975BA3
CURVE_TYPE = 0x33

KrumblePosted:

TTG_iKYLE
-Awesome-
Zauberer
AAH
Sega You never hear of Xbox itself being hacked, just the games like call of duty etc...

I don't see why they are hacked so easily, and how did they keys get leaked.


Your a idiot, you understand that right?

Whats a RGH, a "hacked" xbox. Whats a JTAG, a "hacked" xbox. Whats a DEV KIT, a "hack"/stolen xbox. Whats a SDX, a "hacked/stolen" xbox.

DO I need to go on?


but do they go online ****?


A flashed console is a hacked console and is the closest hack compared to the firmware hacks of the PS3. Flashed consoles play online. Your argument is invalid.


A flashed xbox is nothing like this hack, just because your changing the firmware of something doesn't mean its close to this hack at all. All your doing is changing the firmware of the xbox 360 dvd drive not the whole **** console.


Your right mate. flashing a console is barely hacking, it just lets you play burnt games...technically it is modding because you only modify the firmware of your dvd drive


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