PlayStation 3 Hacked By iPhone Jailbreaker George Hotz

January 25, 2010 By Dena Cassella

iPhone hacker George Hotz announced he's hacked the "unhackable" PlayStation 3.

Apple has wanted to give iPhone hacker George Hotz a stern talking-to for a while now, but it looks like Hotz may have a new tech nemesis brewing. George Hotz told BBC news that he has successfully hacked Sony’s PlayStation 3—and it only took him 5 weeks. Hotz claims he started the hack last summer, analyzing the console for about three weeks, and then finally cracked the PS3 in about two weeks not too long ago. The Sony PS3 was the only game console that had not been hacked—until now.

Hotz told the BBC that he is not ready to reveal the full details of the hack but did describe the PS3 as a “very secure system.” Hotz says the hack would allow people to play older PS2 games on their consoles and give gamers a new sense of freedom, since recent versions of the PS3 don’t allow people to play PS2 games on the console. “I can now do whatever I want with the system,” says Hotz. “It’s like I’ve got an awesome new power – I’m just not sure how to wield it.”

As we assumed, Sony is not taking this lightly and says it will be “investigating the supposed report”—but we have some advice for you Sony (you listen up too Apple), either lock the kid up or hire him. You have to admit, Hotz has some skills.

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Sony takes up legal battle against PS3 hackers at 6:35am 12th January 2011 [...] pirated games to be run on the PS3. Sony has taken legal action against hackers who managed to crack the Playstation 3′s root key and recently began spreading a set of tools that could potentially allow pirated games to be run on [...]
Zmed at 7:49pm 26th January 2010 He cracked the iPhone, and now the Playstation 3? That's just PURE Genius. For someone to hack an [supposably] "UnHackable" system which is the Playstation 3, and for someone to hack the most brilliant piece of technology, it's amazing !

Definitely Hire'em. Putting him in Jail would disappoint 1/4 of the united states.

I really want him to exploit the hack with Ps3, because the games are getting pretty old and boring. I need some PS2 games, really.
dang at 9:23am 26th January 2010 And he is more famously known for being responsible for jail breaking the iPhone. Genious!
Carioca at 8:58am 26th January 2010 Serious skills ?
You kid me !
There are a lot of hackers, lamers, wanabees and other inteligent forms of life out there, but it was Hotz that cracked the PS3 system !

This guy is deserved to be hired ! And now !
James at 5:54pm 25th January 2010 Why the hell would Sony prevent people from playing PS2 games if the ability is built in already? What a bunch of jerks.
XxRickyxX at 5:31pm 25th January 2010 yeah that's freakin awesome man, to hack a ps3 for the first time, man he does have some serious skills, he' should be good for hacking skills, and bringing homebrew just like the psp (: (: