A few days ago, we ran a rumor that PlayStation Home had been hacked in some way. It seems that some were able to upload images and videos, but it wasn't clear on whether these would be broadcasted to other users. Some were quick to discount the hack's severity, but Telegraph says that the vunerabilities were more serious than first thought.
Telegraph details two known hacks. The first sounds like what we reported on earlier, one that uses a combination of the Apache web server and DNS re-direction to allow people to watch their own movies and display images within the game. The other allows users to download any file from the PlayStation Home servers.
The real vunerability and concern is that hackers could use one of these hacks to upload or delete files on the Home servers, allowing others to disrupt or even take down the virtual world.
I'm sure that Sony is on the case right now.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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11:40 AM on 12.17.2008
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I don't know why Sony even bothered to be honest, the Beta launch has been one big fuckup, and I'm really struggling to think of reasons to ever actually use Home...
No, no I didn't. everyone but me still sees destructoid with the beloved robot at the top.
Super Cereal.