Hackers resurrect OtherOS in Playstation 3

And start thinking that the hacker community was delighted with a Playstation 3 that has chosen to openly operational opening! Remember that the first shipments of hardware allowed to install a second operating system such as Linux or FreeBSD, can subsequently eradicated from the controversy firmware update 3.21.

Then ran rivers of ink on what was interpreted as a full-fledged coarctation. Others felt that the measure was necessary in pursuit of security, because although the opening of the machine to other settings opened the door to exciting home developments also open the door to the most disturbing threats. Curious what finished happening then ...

On March 30, 2010, the famous GeoHot found said home working on a firmware to annul the measure to the couple that stood lawsuits against Sony for it.

As the company continues to suffer from the Playstation Network and restructuring of research on its breach of security , some members of the hacker community has not rested, oblivious to the irresponsibility of their peers, in an attempt to restore OtherOS called PS3. Finally they have succeeded.

The result is the patch OtherOS + +, which has already been released. Another of the great figures of the hacker world, Graf chokolo, has stepped forward to endorse the resolution, describing it as very useful in hacking the hypervisor until now blocked new installations. OtherOS + + thus ensures complete control of all the RAM on PS3, enabling "write and read anything."

Let's see how it responds a Sony saturated by the criticism. Mary Bono Mack, representative and figurehead of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, loaded heavily against the company earlier today in special session:

For me, the only important question is: Why not Sony reported the attack to consumers as soon as he could? I think everyone has a right to know that your personal information is compromised and Sony (like many other companies) responsibility to alert you ... immediately.

Representative alleges that Sony was wrong to force the user to find information about the attacks, because the first warnings came from the company's official blog, no warning mails referring to several days later.

Hackers resurrect in Playstation 3 OtherOS written ALT1040 5 May, 2011 by José Carlos Castillo
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