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PlayStation hackers are fighting back against Sony by unblocking themselves, and even doling out their own bans.

Sony’s been waging war against PS3 hackers recently, and in the latest battle development they seem to have the up. After Sony originally claimed users that hacked their PS3 consoles would have their network access terminated, Destructoid reports that modifiers have found a way to unban themselves while also banning others as they see fit (as long as a hacker is in the possession of another PS3 user’s assigned console ID).

Sony has had its hands full when it comes to hackers, particularly those in the same camp as George “GeoHot” Hotz. Hotz is currently raising funds in order to defend himself against Sony’s lawsuit. He and the members of “fail0verflow” maintain their innocence, claiming their reasons for hacking the PS3 are to install other operating systems on the gaming console.

There was speculation that Sony was interested in opening up the Move to developers, allowing users the ability to modify the motion-gaming device. But it’s an unpopular decision at Sony, and one that isn’t going to see action anytime soon. Until then, however, keep your unique console ID to yourself and stay on the good side of any PS3 hackers you know.

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  1. wuboyblue at 3:03am 28th May 2011 Sony just has to let the hackers have their way. The PS3 is born to hack and closing the Linux hole made hackers mad, a bad idea.
  2. Anthoney Travers at 8:14pm 9th March 2011 lol its too funny hackers win at everything no matter what, nintendo microsoft and sony they will always lose their war against hackers they always find a way to hack the consoles and never be defeat
  3. Kendall310 at 9:20am 23rd February 2011 It may be time to jailbreak my PS3 and mod Fallout now. :)
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