Retail PS3 HDD decrypted *Update*

Thanks to tipster Tcraw77813 for this big fish! Looks like somebody has successfully decrypted the retail PS3’s HDD. Ladies and gents, meet DemonHades. More details after the jump.

*Update* There you have it. An update on this story: it’s fake. See post here.

Thanks to tipster Tcraw77813 for this big fish! Looks like somebody has successfully decrypted the retail PS3’s HDD. Ladies and gents, meet DemonHades. This is a screenshot of his post on his site:

 

And according to him (thanks to Google translate),

Well, to give more details: The key is 512 bytes it s a sha1-4096 (512bytes by sector) the key is xored To be clear it wasn t a simple xor how some are speculating (we have already located a self) Still no mention if it can be reproduce on all PS3 s or not Or even how to accomplish it.

Hmm.. hmmm.. indeed. We’re gonna have to oil up our PS3 homebrew blog once more. If this hack is exploited to its fullest potential, we just might see homebrew on another one of Sony‘s consoles blossom yet again. Maybe.

We’ll hold off on the celebrations for now. Instead, we’ll be keeping a close watch on this development. Stay tuned.

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*Update* There you have it. An update on this story: it’s fake. See post here.