In order to get any piece of software to run on a modern computing system, it has to be verified as being legitimate.  To do this, you need some kind of key.  Well, when Sony was designing the PS3, they put the master key on the hardware of the PlayStation itself, which means that hackers were able to get into the PS3 and uncover the master key.  Now anyone wishing to run homemade games or install Linux on the PlayStation 3 can do so without Sony’s consent, permanently disabling the security on the PS3.

“The complete console is compromised – there is no recovery from this.  This is as bad as it gets – someone is getting into serious trouble at Sony right now,” said pytey, a member of the fail0verflow group of hackers that discovered the exploit presented at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany.  “The details we provided and information and techniques we disclosed would have been enough to install Linux.  We have no interest in piracy.”

So much for a future-proofed machine; at least it still plays Blu Rays, right?  Still, this isn’t the first thing these hackers cracked, and it won’t be the last.  The overflow collective, lead by George Hotz, also cracked the iPhone’s security.

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