THE VIDEO SHELF · game console hacking
27c3: Console Hacking 2010 (en)
The fail0verflow team (bushing, marcan, sven) present console hacking at 27C3, covering Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 exploits. They explain how the PS3 was cracked after Sony removed Other OS.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as the primary source on Sony's ECDSA nonce-reuse blunder and the history of console cracking.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Christiaan008
- Topic
- game console hacking
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2026
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From the original HN conversations
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This doesn't take anything away from Sony's decision making, but removing OtherOS never really helped them "get good security". The PlayStation 3 was cracked wide open [1] without OtherOS and because people were pissed at its removal. On Playstation 3s released in the first 3.5 …
DCKing on Hacker News · 2019-12
In The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputersIf anyone is interested in the cryptography mistake that Sony made I recommend watching the Console Hacking talk at 27c3 by the fail0verflow team: [VIDEO]
xav_authentique on Hacker News · 2026-01
In Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes
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