The 20-year-old hacker best known for cracking Apple's iPhone says he's done it again, this time with Sony's PlayStation 3.
In a Friday blog post, George Hotz said that after a five-week effort, he'd finally managed to run his own software on the PlayStation 3, which typically only plays digitally signed software that is approved by Sony. "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and [hypervisor] level access to the processor," he wrote. "In other words, I have hacked the PS3."
He pulled off the feat using "very simple hardware, cleverly applied, and some not so simple software," he added. Hotz received widespread media attention in 2007 when he developed a technique that allowed the iPhone to run on any wireless network. In the U.S., iPhones are sold exclusively for use with AT&T's network.
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In a Friday blog post, George Hotz said that after a five-week effort, he'd finally managed to run his own software on the PlayStation 3, which typically only plays digitally signed software that is approved by Sony. "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and [hypervisor] level access to the processor," he wrote. "In other words, I have hacked the PS3."
He pulled off the feat using "very simple hardware, cleverly applied, and some not so simple software," he added. Hotz received widespread media attention in 2007 when he developed a technique that allowed the iPhone to run on any wireless network. In the U.S., iPhones are sold exclusively for use with AT&T's network.
http://pcworld.com/article/187668
More: http://pcworld.com/article/187657/