A team of Google engineers discovered an exploit in the PlayStation Portal that allowed for the running of PSP games and Minecraft offline. The engineers, who were researching cloud security, responsibly reported the exploit to Sony, leading to it being patched. This story highlights the ethical approach taken by the engineers in handling the discovery, contrasting with the expectations of some who believed the hack would be released publicly. Sony has since fixed the exploit, ensuring the PlayStation Portal's security is maintained.
PlayStation Portal Exploit That Let It Run PSP Games Fixed Due To Hacker Help https://t.co/ZoUGaZSFN5 https://t.co/u3YMlYXoZ4
Interesting... "Google Engineers Hack PlayStation Portal to Run Minecraft, Old PSP Games" https://t.co/INyky4MJMW
Sony has fixed the exploit that allowed Google engineers to run emulated PSP games on the PlayStation Portal after their team "responsibly reported the issues to PlayStation." https://t.co/zOVPrghhZ3 https://t.co/GTkcTHPfL3
A team of programmers allegedly got PSP games running on the PlayStation Portal, then “responsibly reported” the exploit so that it could be patched. https://t.co/bA0gxQj0wL
"Hackers who got PS Portal to run PSP games offline helped Sony to patch out the exploit" https://t.co/gbChYaqkn5 https://t.co/iflpCs0U5L
The thing I love about this story is how people honestly expected a guy working at Google (whose job was to research cloud security exploits) to actually publicly release his PS Portal hack, then got pissed off at him when he didn't https://t.co/7CNwpb7P9o
A Google engineer who helped to hack the PlayStation Portal to run PSP games offline says his team "responsibly reported" the exploit to Sony and it's now been patched out. https://t.co/aAD5YLqb6t https://t.co/N1kLhblvbo