fail0verflow discovered the Sony or the PS3 ECDSA cryptography has a fatal flaw. The random number generator needed for secure cryptography apparently generates the same random number everytime. Working backwards they figured out how to sign code meaning you can create your own PS3 software.
44 mins of video in 3 parts. The 3rd one is the big reveal.
All I wanted was OtherOS back(from Sony), not this. Any thoughts?
Sounds like good news to anyone running a PS3 cluster, like the US Air Force.
Maybe less of a problem now when they can just hack a newer model.
I never understood the Airforce plan on that one. Unless they were getting a deal for Sony, which is entirely possible, A MUCH more powerful and cheaper system, could have been constructed using modern GPU clusters. I still think it was just an excuse to host the biggest lan party ever.
Weird.
But yeah, this is good news for those already working with PS3 in a distributed processing setup. I’m sure Sony is PO’d about it though.
I initially read the title as “PSXer hacked to pieces,” and I wondered who he’d ticked off this time.
Geohot takes hacking the PS3 to 11 and just releases the keys.
Asks for a job.
His friend, of course.
ftw