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PS4: pirates jailbroken the console 8 years after its release, soon the PS5?

Three hackers eventually defeated the PS4’s defenses. On Twitter, one of them posted a video attesting to the jailbreak, before posting the exploit on GitHub. The latter claim that their method also works on PS5, but have not yet provided any evidence on this subject.

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Sooner or later consoles always end up being jailbroken. A few years ago it usually didn’t take too long, but the arrival of the PS4 was a game-changer. Sony’s machine showed itself particularly resistant, but this time it’s there. Three hackers by the name of SpecterDev, ChendoChap, and Znullptr managed to bypass its defenses to install their version of the firmware.

SpecterDev has posted on Twitter a video attesting to the thing. No doubt, the console is indeed jailbroken. For the most skeptical, the exploit, called “pOOBs4”, is even available on GitHub. However, note that it only works on Firmwar version 9.00e. However, Sony recently deployed version 9.03. If you’ve updated your PS4, it’s already too late.

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Hackers claim jailbreak works on PS5 too

To install it, you must copy the file to a USB key and then plug it into the console. Once executed, the PS4 can run programs such as GoldHEN, which allows you to launch homebrew games, or the firmware modified Mira Project. So this is a historic day for the PS4, but it might not end there. According to Znullptr, the jailbreak can also be used on PS5.

If so, the three hackers will be a real game-changer. However, for the moment we do not haveno proof on this subject. The PS5 exploit has yet to be released, and hackers aren’t really extended on the subject. That being said, last month a Google engineer bragged about having jailbroken the next-gen console as well. Nothing is impossible, therefore.

This isn’t the first time the PS4 has been jailbroken. As early as 2015, an exploit had already been found. But this jailbreak is very different from the old ones insofar as it concerns a very recent version of the firmware, thus making it compatible with millions of consoles around the world.

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