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PlayStation 5 hack has gone public and could lead to piracy
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A jailbreak exploit hit the Sony PlayStation 5 console with powerful technology that could potentially play PS5 games for free.
Since its release, the PS5 has been an absolute beast of a machine with overwhelming demand in the market for consoles that are still in short supply nearly 2 years after its launch.
Additionally, there are rumors that the next generational behemoth is in the works with reports indicating that a new PS5 Slim could be coming in the foreseeable future.
At the same time, Sony has a potential banana skin to clean up, although it seems that the OG model may be susceptible to a new jailbreak exploit that could make a lot of hardware games completely free to download and explore.
PS5 jailbreak exploit discovered
Thanks to the efforts of one Twitter user, it seems that the Sony PlayStation 5 console now has a full jailbreak exploit that allows you to play games for free - even those that are not available.
Lance McDonald posted a video on the social media platform of him accessing the PS5's debug mode and demonstrating a bunch of secret settings that shouldn't normally be available.
After reviewing all available options, the exploit's potential was uncovered as the user installed a long-lost PT demo on the console in a matter of seconds.
Lance also followed this with the subsequent tweet, which gave more details on the exploit and how to potentially implement it on your own PlayStation 5 console.
However, jailbreaking is completely illegal and for this reason we think it's best not to share the process as it is a crime punishable by jail or heavy fines.
For the time being, however, Sony can rest easy because while the console's debug menu can be moved around, games can't be played yet, as hackers still need to break the hypervisor's execution protections.
Not only that, but it seems that the exploit may be limited to version 4.03 of the PlayStation 5 firmware cycle, so as soon as a new system update goes live, progress may be lost.
Either way, this is one of the biggest PS5 security breaches to date, and we'll be monitoring the situation to see if Sony acknowledges everything that's going on.
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