
He says the effort was possible thanks to the tools created by fail0verflow, but emphasizes that the purpose of his work is not to allow people to play pirated content. KaKaRoTo writes on his blog that he’s been able to develop the first working “custom firmware” for the PlayStation 3. However, a new bit of custom firmware created by “KaKaRoTo” might be a PS3 homebrew solution Sony can live with, as it’s specifically designed to prevent users from running pirated games. Ever since the PS3’s copy protection was broken in August 2010, Sony has been trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again to prevent the spread of piracy. The latest movements in the world of PlayStation 3 hacking saw a group called “fail0verflow” give a tour of the console’s security system and its “master key” posted online. If you want to hack your PS3, but have no interest in piracy, one developer has the firmware update for you.
