Geohot: "I have hacked the PS3"

**darkriku2000** · January 23rd, 2010, 07:49

Some may recall that iPhone developer Geohot has been attempting to hack the ps3, and, according to him he's done it:

http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/2010/0....html#comments

Hello hypervisor, I'm geohot
I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1.

3 years, 2 months, 11 days...thats a pretty secure system

Took 5 weeks, 3 in Boston, 2 here, very simple hardware cleverly applied, and some not so simple software.

Shout out to George Kharrat from iPhoneMod Brasil for giving me this PS3 a year and a half ago to hack. Sorry it took me so long

As far as the exploit goes, I'm not revealing it yet. The theory isn't really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can't post dumps. I'm hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are setup like the iPhone's KBAG.

A lot more to come...follow @geohot on twitter

**pibs** · January 23rd, 2010, 09:09

I was just about to post this. can anyone debunk this?

If true this is an amazing find :thumbup:

That's him supposedly messing with the ram.

**DPyro** · January 23rd, 2010, 15:46

This is the same person that hacked the iPhone.

**phsychokill** · January 23rd, 2010, 16:28

like all other mod's/hacks, while I don't distrust the people I would rather wait till it is in my hands before trying to think what it could mean, as there has been so many hack promises on different things that have later turned out to be fake.

so I hope it is true, but I aint going to be partying just yet.

**shango46** · January 23rd, 2010, 19:01

I believe it to be real. I have been following @geohot on Twitter and he has been at it for a bit now. Plus, he is reputable with his work on the iPhone, so why throw that away with fake claims?

Here's hoping something gets released soon. Then the PS3 scene can blow by the PSP and the Wii for homebrew.

**Eviltaco64** · January 23rd, 2010, 20:57

Ooh, gotta get a PS3 before Sony starts churning out security firmware updates.

**Justise** · January 23rd, 2010, 21:50

I somehow feel sad...
I didn't want the PS3 to be hacked. If it was just for homebrew applications or problems that Sony refuse to fix, it would be ok, but the only thing in the mind of the hacker is to allow the user to download games without paying.

The PSP got ruined once because of that, and I don't want the same thing happen to PS3...

**Shrygue** · January 23rd, 2010, 22:03

So someone managed to crack the Playstation 3's hypervisor huh? Interesting, I'll be looking forward for more developments on this.

**VampDude** · January 23rd, 2010, 22:08

Originally Posted by Eviltaco64

Ooh, gotta get a PS3 before Sony starts churning out security firmware updates.

You should have one anyway, then buy Little Big Planet. = )

Originally Posted by Justise

I somehow feel sad...
I didn't want the PS3 to be hacked. If it was just for homebrew applications or problems that Sony refuse to fix, it would be ok, but the only thing in the mind of the hacker is to allow the user to download games without paying.

The PSP got ruined once because of that, and I don't want the same thing happen to PS3...

Once the hacks start rolling in, SONY will ban people from the network. Because there will be ways of downloading the PS store titles without buying the network credits, just like the Wii with the wad files that have popped up everywhere since 2008.

**vatomalo** · January 23rd, 2010, 22:10

i would agree that it might not be good for the industry,
but what makes you think that geohot did this just so it would allow the user to download games without paying?

even so , flame me or whatever.
but i dont care if a multi million company, be it sony or be it nintendo, even thought i would love it to be microsoft.
lost some money god forbid they would not afford to buy and island.. and that their spoiled kids could not drive a bentley.

i think that its time to reinvent ways to earn money.
and that might be ingame comercials like 9dragons have.
or use branding? not sure if its the right term, but what i mean is that f.ex the main character uses a iphone.
or that signs and banners ingame 3d levels/worlds/landscape and so on, have actual commercials...

that would make some money, but maybe not on the multi million scale like today. but in my opinion that is soooo wrong. but then again i hate hollywood.

but thats my two sents on what justise said. and well if anybody is offended by my post i humbly apologies.
but this is how i feel and it wont change.