PSPgo Hacked, Says Hello World
by eXophase Mirror on Oct.03, 2009 at 4:06 pm, under Gaming, PSP Homebrew, PlayStation Portable | Thread ID: 5977
While Sony went to great lengths towards preventing a repeat of the Pandora battery hack on PSPgo, they evidently forgot to patch up some existing security vulnerabilities on the software side. Mere days after the launch of the new hardware, homebrew developer FreePlay has managed to run unsigned code on it. Above is a video clip showing off his efforts in the form of a hello world proof of concept.
Taking advantage of modified save data files, the exploit is restricted to user mode, meaning modifying existing files on flash is out of the question. That means no custom firmware, kids. Still impressive nonetheless and perhaps a bit embarrassing for Sony’s engineering crew, considering how quick this feat was pulled off. Now, here’s the kicker: FreePlay has no plans to share this one with the public, but at least you can rest easy knowing that homebrew code can be run on the go.
PSPgo Hacked, Says Hello World - [eXophase.com]
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October 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Nice work FreePlay and everyone else who contributed, well played.
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:24 pm
edit: forget it :p
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Great work FreePlay! Now...spend less time on YouTube would ya!?
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Nice FreePlay, might pick one up now.
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
And Sony get PWNDED again!!!
October 3rd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Awesome sound track.
Also nice glitter effect for the PSP
October 4th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I LOVE YOU FREEPLAY.
<3
That is all.
October 4th, 2009 at 12:39 am
o_O HB on the GO would be nice, really.... but, it'll also only bring ISOs again :(
Yes, all systems can be pirated, but none has a so huge ammount of pirating kiddies as the PSP, that seriously has to stop - I hope this exploit stays usermode only.
October 4th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Yes, all systems can be pirated, but none has a so huge ammount of pirating kiddies as the PSP, that seriously has to stop - I hope this exploit stays usermode only.
don't worry so much ;) I believe FreePlay can be trusted when it comes to this, and plus, he's not releasing this ;)
OT: Hellcat, you no IRC?
October 4th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Yeah, I trust that Freeplay won't develop or let it develop into something that allows ISOs. Good work as well.
October 4th, 2009 at 1:16 am
The only way that FreePlay could stop this developing into something that allows ISO's would be if he didn't release it at all.
After all, ChickHEN ended up that way... :(
October 4th, 2009 at 1:40 am
I love it at the end. "Never. lol"
The best. Great job.
October 4th, 2009 at 3:09 am
I would like to have this hacked then It will make me buy one.
becasue of limited internet, I like to have my UMD games WORKING
October 4th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
http://i38.tinypic.com/fx6rzo.jpg
Good news travels fast.
Nice work FreePlay. I hope this doesn't lead to another ISO Loader..
October 4th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
His first video got Kotaku'd
October 4th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Excellent job by all involved.
EDIT: Whoa, I need that music :P
October 4th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Freeplay is my dad and is god.
October 4th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Once the psp go can run ISOs, I'll pick on up.
It is only a matter of time...
October 4th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
FYI, FreePlay didn't find this exploit. He's just utilizing it
Still a job well done
October 5th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Browsing around the net, and found this article on loads of j.p (Japan) sites
Congrats.
I remove j.p link since it contain r4 and modchips (for sell) not sure if they can be link on this forum.