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Rumortoid: Sony's Home hacked

11:25 AM on 12.15.2008   |   Dale North

Rumortoid: Sony's Home hacked photo

Don't put too much stock into this one, because... well, we haven't seen it yet.

If the rumors are true, then one user has successfully hacked into PlayStation Home's servers, letting him upload, download, and delete files at his leisure. StreetskaterFU is the person said to have come up with the method to hack in.

Engadget says that a PS3hax forum member claims to have been able to change the movie posters and trailers out in Home using FU's method.

Man, if this does work, it is a lot of trouble to go through to see pictures and videos that you could already see via your computer. I suppose it would be fun to force your interests on others. I'd upload corgi puppy videos and horny Japanese idol videos to the public screens for fun.








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ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:25
ChronosWing
Nah fuck that, if I could hack it I would totally put on a donkey show in theater.
Volomon's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:27
Volomon
So basically the home servers are unsecured. This ain't a hack this is just Sony being retarded, wtf were they thinking.
SakuChan's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:30
SakuChan
Well, that was quick.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:33
Artemus
Good!
Maybe now we won't have to see those Twilight posters!
Yee!
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:34
Bob Muir
Now if only they could hack something useful, like the firmware, because I'd really like the ability to play PS1/PS2 games from any region just like I can with PS3 games.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:35
ChronosWing
Oh I can see the epicness now... You walk into the theater, you wait ten minutes to download what you believe to be a trailer for twilight and bam, its a donkey fucking a chick.
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:39
BurnPianoBurn
The destruction that could be had if you had control of something of this nature. There's worse things than a donkey and a chick, but I won't pollute anyones eyes with some of the shit I've seen. What would be better is if they put up pictures of Crossroads all over the place, maybe some Hanna Montana posters too.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:46
ChronosWing
@BurnPiano

2 girls 1 cup then?
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:47
Batthink
The Home experience in comic form;

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/
jellydoodle's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:52
jellydoodle
it only shows the videos and posters locally, everyone else sees the normal stuff...
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 11:56
ChronosWing
@Jellydoodle

You shut your dirty mouth and let me have my fantasy of exposing the entire home community to 2 girls eating their own feces out of a cup.
Rifter01's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 12:26
Rifter01
Not that I'd do this or anything... But, if I had a PS3 & Home, well, there is this one hilariously funny video that someone on DToid mentioned once that would be really funny to upload in public/private.. Quite gross...

LOL bring on the CAKE FART vid! bahaha
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 13:21
mix
OMG the internet is so crazy, I wonder what we should expect next!
The White Light's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 14:08
The White Light
The sad part is that this would actually get to log in to Home, which is more than I can say about any of Sony's legitimate efforts.
elysse's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 14:26
elysse
That's great, I guess... maybe FU can look into improving Sony's profanity detection while he's in there.. seriously: ****o (hello) ****on (button) ******mas (christmas).
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 14:27
Dan CiTi
I can't wait for real modding.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/15/2008 17:29
AgentMOO
I this is only a hack to show things on your own console - you wouldn't be broadcasting or anything. That makes this hack of zero consequence, unless someone wanted to do machinima or screenshots.
JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/16/2008 03:50
JustLikeBuck
Like AgentMOO has said, it's just a way to turn a PC on your network into a faux-sony server. Fooling the PS3 into thinking it's legit.

That way you can download custom things (faster), to your PS3 and watch away.

Pretty useless since you can do that without Home, and in full screen!
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