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  • Has PlayStation 4 been hacked?

    A couple of days ago, reports emerged that an exploit that been found on PlayStation 4, giving users complete access to the system RAM of Sony's latest console. Hacker CTurt revealed the methodology, which involves exploiting PS4's WebKit browser, and somehow giving the process Kernel-level access - essentially the highest security level available within the system.
    This NeoGAF thread gives an overall outlook on what has been achieved with this exploit so far, but it is safe to say that it's early days and the net result of the exploit so far has been to provide a new insight into the operating system and its processes along with a basic look at the PS4's hard drive file system.
    CTurt commented that "you could say that PS4 is now officially Jailbroken", producing a torrent of Twitter requests for piracy, but the truth is that the short-term damage offered by this exploit is minimal. It seems that the exploit was carried out on a PlayStation 4 running the ancient firmware 1.76, and it was patched out of existence with the 2.0 system software update. Right now, the PS4 runs with version 3.11 software.
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