Sony Releases PS3 Firmware Update To Fight Jailbreaks

RyuuzakiTetsuya writes "Destructoid is reporting that the 3.42 firmware has been released for the PlayStation 3, and it has fixed the USB vulnerability that allows the PSJailbreak exploit to work." Sony's brief announcement of the update refers only to "additional security features," though the EU blog post acknowledges that a vulnerability was addressed. PS3-Hacks.com confirms that the patch is effective against the various jailbreak tools, and they point out a different tool for bypassing the update. Sony told the BBC, "... as we always have, we will continue to take necessary actions to both hardware and software to protect the intellectual content provided on the PlayStation 3."

So ... the War's Back on Then?

[eldavojohn]

Huh, that's odd. It was only yesterday that I was being told Sony had lost the PS3 hacking war [slashdot.org]. Wait a second, this sounds familiar. Did a Texan in a flight suit show up at the unveiling of PSGroove with a giant banner?

Jailbreakers to announce a new hack in 5 minutes

[elrous0]

But if it makes you feel any better, Sony--yeah, you've "won."

Re:Games

[dmacleod808]

if you don't know, you are certainly not L33T enough.

Intellectual content on a playstation?

[Anonymous Coward]

This must be some new meaning of the word intellectual.

And In Other News...

[MightyMartian]

And in other news, it is reported that the Little Dutch Boy is running out of fingers to stick in the dike.

Re:And In Other News...

[techno-vampire]

That's the least of his problems. More important is the way the dike slaps him every time he tries to stick a finger in her.

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Re:Never about Protecting Intellectual Content

[Coren22]

Does it eat babies?

Re:Jailbreakers to announce a new hack in 5 minute

[CronoCloud]

NES emulators ran fine on the PS3. Sure, you didn't have 3D access, but 2D games worked pretty well. Played many a game of Nethack on mine.