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PS3 & PSP "Master Key" Released

January 02, 2011 in News comments 11

George "Geohot" Hotz, the guy responsible for the widespread 'jailbreak' software for the iTouch and iPhone, has released the PS3's master key. And to top that off, someone else found the PSP's master key within the PS3. So what does this mean? Well it means hackers have full control over the systems now. What the key allows you to do is 'sign' or decrypt code and enable it to be run on either the PSP or PS3. This is essentially the key to homebrew. And now that they have it, homebrew can begin to take off.

This also allows them to make custom firmware among other things. And Other OS can and probably will pop up soon as well.

Geohot has now released the all mighty root key that allows you to decrypt and sign ANYTHING on the ps3.

"...no donate link, just use this info wisely i do not condone piracy if you want your next console to be secure, get in touch with me. any of you 3. it'd be fun to be on the other side."

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Its seems that it is raining Master Keys, earlier Mathieulh found the PSP’s Master Keys in the PS3, this means that the PSP is now as fully open as the PS3, here is a IRC log transaction from the source, im not a huge fan of posting IRC logs, but this is too awesome not too.
Shattered via ps3hax.net »
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  • 3
    Red 9 Jan 3, 11
    I see nothing good coming from this. Plus, I can guarantee you that Sony is probably already working on combating this break.

    It really goes to show how some people on this planet have no lives, and will literally dedicate all their time to hacking something as insignificant as a home console. It's because of people like this that the gaming market is in tough times, and why developers are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet.

    I hate hackers. I don't know why this guy is so proud of himself. But look on the bright side; it took them 4 YEARS to finally get in. It took the 360 like, what, two weeks after launch?
    • 0
      Shattered Jan 3, 11
      Look at this, it's a list of the PS3's securities:

      http://i.neoseeker.com/gg/uploads/news/12-2010/news_img_39810_0.jpg

      Pretty much every one of them is and has been hacked and most of them cant really be stopped or fixed by Sony either.

      And I wouldn't say hacking a home console is insignificant or useless. If people want it, then that rises the need to have it. Sony even contributed to their system being hacked. The removal of Other OS apparently really pissed off some people, and I think that's when everyone took a serious look at the PS3 and started hacking it for a real reason.

      More so then not I think Sony are shitting bricks at the moment, looking back at the records to see who was the retard(s) who made the security system so they can fire them.

      Edit: oops wrong pic
    • 0
      Daweii Jan 3, 11
      Red, There isn't a lot Sony can do about this from what I have read around on the hacking forums is that Sony cannot block or stop these keys without making every single PS3 game unplayable. For example they change the master key then every game out now of which there are over 1000 will no longer match the internal database and won't be granted permission to boot up.

      This move by the hackers is a metaphorical atom bomb to the PS3 and it's security. Sony can perhaps make it harder on them somehow, but it does look like the hackers have won the battle and now the PS3 and PSP are wide open. Hopefully at the worst they just use this to run Wii emulators and stuff like that, but now there is practically nothing stopping them from producing illegal copies of games that will be recognized by the console as legit.
  • 0
    Deathsythe Jan 3, 11
    I was reading this from my mobile and just had to login to reply to you ignorant comment. I disagree. A) these people are pioneers and innovators who put days/weeks/months of their life into developing this kind of thing without any kind of reward or profit. Can you honestly say you have done anything that remarkable in your life?
    and B.) Some people life by the belief that when you pay upwards of $300 for a piece of equipment that you should have full, total, and unrestricted control over it. You are paying $300 for the hardware, not the privilege/ability to use it. For a company to tell me I cannot do with what I want a device I own, and paid money for is ridiculous. That is not how capitalism works.
    • 3
      Red 9 Jan 3, 11
      You don't have to prove your point by making it personal against me. And in my defense, I have done remarkable things in my life, but I don't feel the need to have to prove that to you.

      Hacks like these are what contribute to pirating and other such things. And the pirating of games is not something I see as beneficial.
    • 2
      Gamesta100 Jan 3, 11
      Sorry but I don't see hacking as remarkable.

      Come brag to me that you took out some guy holding up a shop with a gun, with your bare hands.Or went into a burning buiding that's falling apart to save some lives.THEN I will say wow you are a brilliant person.Brag that you hacked the PS3 and I will laugh and say whoop de do.
      • 2
        Bale Fire Jan 3, 11
        I don't see anything particularly noteworthy about hackers like this either. I mean if Sony were really screwing us consumers over I'd be right behind them. As it is, Sony has done nothing more than try to keep their console secure. Apparently downloading the occasional update and not being able to use Linux is too much for some people.
  • 0
    phowell23 Jan 3, 11
    Unless this opens up some type of action replay/gameshark im not interested. Online will be a mess but I'm not really into that, Im really just tired of grinding in resonance of fate.
  • 0
    Phil Anselmo Jan 3, 11
    Oh you guys are morons.

    Hackers are beneficial because they find exploits. In turn, companies learn these exploits and know what to change the next go around.

    Some companies even hire hackers to find vulnerabilities in their systems because it makes them safer.
    • 3
      Daweii Jan 4, 11
      It is a double edged sword though as hackers and in turn the piracy caused by their hacking is what causes game prices to rise. If a developer knows that their game will be bought by 2 million and pirated by 4 million then they have to try and make more money off the 2 million that buy it legally. So yes we have a right to be concerned as new consoles and new hardware are still some time off so we won't reap the benefits of this for 2-3 years.
    • 0
      Ded Valve Jan 5, 11
      Going by that philosophy if we didn't have hackers then wouldn't the world be pirate free?

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