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A US hacker who gained notoriety for unlocking Apple's iPhone as a teenager has told BBC News that he has now hacked Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3).

George Hotz said the hack, which could allow people to run pirated games or homemade software, took him five weeks.

He said he was still refining the technique but intended to post full details online soon.

The PS3 is the only games console that has not been hacked, despite being on the market for three years.

"It's supposed to be unhackable - but nothing is unhackable," Mr Hotz told BBC News.

"I can now do whatever I want with the system. It's like I've got an awesome new power - I'm just not sure how to wield it."

Sony said it was "investigating the report" and would "clarify the situation" when it had more information.

Mr Hotz said that he had begun the hack last summer when he had spent three weeks analysing the hardware.

After a long break, he spent a further two weeks cracking the console, which he described as a "very secure system".

He said that he was not yet ready to reveal the full details of the hack but said that it was "5% hardware and 95% software".

"You can use hardware to inject an insecurity and then you can build on that," he said.

He admitted that he had not managed to hack the whole system, including the protected memory, but had worked out ways to trick the console into doing what he wanted.

Mr Hotz said that he was continuing to work on the hack and, once finished, would publish details online in a similar way to his previous iPhone exploits.

In particular, he said, he would publish details of the console's "root key", a master code that once known would make it easier for others to decipher and hack other security features on the console.

He said his motivation was "curiosity" and "opening up the platform".

"To tell you the truth, I've never really played a PS3," he said. "I have one game, but I've never really played it."

Opening the system could allow people to install other operating systems on their console and play homemade games, he said.

In addition, he said, the hack would allow people to play older PS2 games on their consoles.

Recent versions of the PS3 do not have the ability to play PS2 games after Sony controversially removed a piece of hardware.

He admitted that it could also allow people to run pirated games.

"I'm not going to personally have anything to do with that," he told BBC News.

Gaming firms do not take the issue of game piracy and console modification lightly. Recently, Microsoft disconnected thousands of gamers from its online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.

Mr Hotz said that the nature of his PS3 hack means that Sony may have difficulty patching the exploit.

"We are investigating the report and will clarify the situation once we have more information," said a Sony spokesman.

Mr Hotz rose to fame in 2007 at the age of 17 when he unlocked the iPhone, which could only be used on the AT&T network in the US at launch.

The hack allowed the popular handset to be used on any network.

He has since released various other hacks, allowing people to unlock later versions of the popular handset.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8478764.stm

Enyeama wan give my papa hypertension ohhhh

They can't ban we,trust me

Mod,i think it's time for you to either lock this thread or transfer to the Tribalism Section

casidy24:
honsule pls post latest kms update

kms 9 offline update for 24/01/2010.
instructions included.
N.B--------Not for dummies

Mehn,you should have corrected this a long time ago.the process takes as short as 3months and as long as 6months(if examination is in progress).
Go to your school and collect a referral letter which you will use to apply for the certificate change.Attach photocopy of birth certificate as well as defective WAEC certificate,and submit at WAEC,Ogba,Lagos.
It costs a charge of N5,000.
Aint no way the British embassy is gonna accept documents with conflicting DOB's.Even a typographical error in your full names is enough to disqualify you.

Lady Gaga. . . .2010 version of Madonna.
Stephani Joanne Angelina Germanotta,go girl!!!

Yar'Adua should just hand over to his son.
Afterall,Nigeria Inc. Is their family's property

Haven't heard anything 'bout this.
No comment

Here we go again.
The grass suffers because of big egos.

I think you've set your device on bluetooth GPS.
Go to the signal bar on the top left of the screen,select and disable bluetooth GPS.once disabled,you can now select assisted/attached/in-built GPS.

I remember sendin' you a mail to your Y! account.
Download this Ovi maps installer . - . - . for s60v5 only

http://nds2.fds-mobile.nokia.com/fdp/interface?fid=A0N5RNBHKAOY

@koolwilly
I beg to disagree.have you tried installin' it?
http://www.monotypeimaging.com/productsservices/FlipFontDevices.aspx

Learn how to spell correctly the word ''charted'' and i'll fill you in
You went through school and you ain't never heard of ICAN or ACCA

How much for the 1 B/R flat?

How much for the 1 B/R flat and how many years upfront?

Akerekoroabijawara

Seen
Thanks

@otikpoko
Longest time.hope you're havin' fun.

@koolwilly
I use flipfont v5.01.Please read the text file included in the attachment.if you don't like the fonts,try font router.

DOWNLOAD HERE

@urfriend
Ever since the upgrade,the decoder takes a hell of a time to auto-load the channels.i noticed that this happens when starting up on a non-hitv branded channel.Changing to any of the hi-channels speeds up the booting process.
Where's my EPG,nah?

Nokia maps = Ovi maps = Nokia Ovi Maps all mean the same thing.

You need the map.
Go through the first page of this thread.

@siMmer
If you don't know who xtreme is,why the f@*! did you pretend to?
All that talk about how u've not seen him for sometime now was all crap then
I suggest you open another account in your real name/nickname and stop being an imposter

If u not siMmer,how do you know xtreme33?

@genuflect
Nooo.
Check your mail

I said to format it on your 5800xm.
N.b Password the card,then deactivate the password.try again on the BB.if your e63 can read the card,check whether your BB can read a 8gb sd.

Spambot has eaten two of my previous posts.
Win7 users can now share their internet connection using a software-based router called connectify.
Google and download.