A group of hackers has published the lvo-keys of the PlayStation3. With the keys, custom firmwares for the gameconsole can be signed.
Also, hacked consoles can now get access to the PlayStation Network with these keys, something that wasn’t possible up to now.
A hackergroup called “The Three Tuskateers’ was said to have access to the lvo-keys for a long time now, but chose not to publish them. Now, the information fell into the hands of another hackergroup that call themselves ‘BlueDiskCFW’, who wanted to earn money with the hack. To prevent that, the Tuskateers published the keys on the internet, for free.
In 2011, Sony had some problems with the hacked security for their consoles. Hackers from failovervlow published the metldr-rootkey, which is used to provide the PS3-software with a digital signature. Without this signature, the system refused to execute the software. Sony closed the breach in the security with update 3.60 and also started using a new authenticationkey for the PlayStation Network. This prevented hacked consoles from getting access to the network.
Sony uses the lvo-key to secure the firmware of the PS3. After update 3.60, the metldr-rootkey was disposed of, and was replaced by the lvo-software. With the lvo-keys on the internet, hackers can modify the firmware of current and future PS3 consoles and upload them. Because the lvo-keys are in the Cell-processor and there’s no further security in place, it’s unlikely that sony can fix the security with a new update. Now that the PS3-firmware has been completely dismanteled, there’s also a new PSN-authenticationkey available to the public. Sony has not yet responded to this.
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