Hacker Claims a Successful PS4 Jailbreak

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If you have a PS4 and want to run homebrew content, then you might be happy to know developer CTurt claimed, “PS4 is now officially jailbroken.”

Over the weekend, CTurt took to Twitter to make the announcement.

He did not use a jail vulnerability, he explained in a tweet. Instead, he used a FreeBSD kernel exploit.

CTurt is a “C programmer interested in exploits and reverse engineering” as well as dabbling in “game design and web development.”

Besides posting “an open source PlayStation 4 SDK” on GitHub, CTurt analyzed PS4’s security twice and explained PS4 hacking. CTurt updated the open source PS4 SDK yesterday; he previously explained that Sony’s proprietary Orbis OS is based on FREEBSD. In the past he released the PS4-playground, which included PS4 tools and experiments using the Webkit exploit for PS4 firmware version 1.76. To put that in context, Sony released version 3.0 in September. However, CTurt claimed the hack could be made to work on newer firmware versions.

Other PS4 hackers are reportedly also working on a kernel exploit, yet as Wololo pointed out, it is unlikely there might be more than proof-of-concept videos as the developers continue to tweak the exploit. Otherwise, Sony will do as it has in the past and release a new firmware version. In October 2014, developers nas and Proxima studied the PSVita Webkit exploit, applied it to the PS4, and then released the PS4 proof-of-concept. Shortly thereafter. Sony pushed out new firmware as a patch.

A full working PS4 jailbreak would not necessarily be used only for piracy, as it could allow games purchased for older PlayStation consoles to be compatible with Sony’s newest console; it could also be used to run non-Sony-approved homebrew apps. However, it is likely that many of the people interested in popping PS4 would be most interested in running pirated games.

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Source: http://www.networkworld.com/article/3014714/security/developer-claims-ps4-officially-jailbroken.html

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ProffesorGenki1Posted:

In the words of Cartmen For the Xbox fan boys "Go **** yourself"!

CODLTHAT1OR3OPosted:

This is getting interesting.

HippieSabotagePosted:

This honestly sucks for PSN

thePiManxPosted:

unless this guy is running the current firmware, this means nothing!

if they got the private keys again, we are doomed!

vDacnomaniaaXPosted:

Faux25
Rui
Emi I'm really surprised someone hasn't done this to the XB1 yet


Its a lot harder to do, because if you remember Playstation 3 got jailbroken first because microsoft do what they can to stop it from happening, i am very disappointed, back to Xbox one.


i wouldnt say harder i would say not worth the time and effort since xbox plus after this xbox one is going to be jtagged or rgh or something honestly if people know how to do then it isnt hard xbl was getting hit offline all summer well almost so their system is easily modifiable also


You are a deluded fanboy.

Xbox was not getting hit offline all summer, both Sony & MS have had there fair share off DDoS attacks, but this is not something that's easy to stop.

Yes eventually all next gen consoles will be modded in some way, but I'll tell you one thing for nothing.. its not easy as you stated or it would already be done. This is the first real break through with anything even remotely close to next gen modding.

RobbedPosted:

I don't like the sound of this. I hope hackers don't ruin the next gen consoles.

SkyPosted:

this is cool but it sucks at the same time .

Mario350Posted:

Rui
Emi I'm really surprised someone hasn't done this to the XB1 yet


Its a lot harder to do, because if you remember Playstation 3 got jailbroken first because microsoft do what they can to stop it from happening, i am very disappointed, back to Xbox one.


i wouldnt say harder i would say not worth the time and effort since xbox plus after this xbox one is going to be jtagged or rgh or something honestly if people know how to do then it isnt hard xbl was getting hit offline all summer well almost so their system is easily modifiable also

DeftonesPosted:

Now it's time for XB1 #RIPPS4

RuiPosted:

Emi I'm really surprised someone hasn't done this to the XB1 yet


Its a lot harder to do, because if you remember Playstation 3 got jailbroken first because microsoft do what they can to stop it from happening, i am very disappointed, back to Xbox one.


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