PS3 finally properly hacked?

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/ps3-bomb-20100123-250.jpg (http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/2010/01/hello-hypervisor-im-geohot.html)In a post titled "Hello hypervisor, I'm geohot," hacker George Hotz (http://www.engadget.com/tag/georgehotz) (already known in the iPhone community) has made a strong claim: that he has cracked the PS3. The system has remained (mostly) uncompromised for over three years now, with a few exceptions here (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/ps3-hack-plays-blu-ray-backups-should-send-motorstorm-values-so/) and there (http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/23/playstation-home-hacked-the-search-for-backup-exploits-begins/). But, this one pledges full read/write access to the entire system memory and complete control over the processor -- all without a mod chip. Has he really done it, if so how, and what comes next? That all remains to be seen. This exploit supposedly "isn't really patchable, but [Sony] can make implementations much harder," meaning he isn't tipping his hat until he's ready, because once he does the never-ending firmware update war begins, and as we've seen on the PSP (http://www.engadget.com/tag/psp,firmware), Sony can really knock out those updates.

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