Sony PS5 ROM keys leaked – jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes

m00dy 5 hours ago||

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445107

TheRealPomax 3 hours ago||

... you mean every PS still uses the same key?

t-3 1 hour ago||

I've been firmly convinced for a while now that Sony purposely doesn't discourage jailbreakers too strongly. They quietly win loyalty by being just a little friendlier than Nintendo.

downrightmike 52 minutes ago||

Odds are the Japanese leadership in charge of the hardware can't use a computer, so doesn't understand them.

Ref: https://www.pcmag.com/news/japans-cyber-security-minister-do...

MuffinFlavored 5 hours ago|

As in, you can now craft your own "update" and sign the bootloader/entire package and it will flash?

edit:

> You still won't get a jailbroken PlayStation 5 with this leak, but it will make it easier for hackers to compromise the console's bootloader.

nope?

peddling-brink 5 hours ago|

> Now that the ROM keys have been leaked (and assuming they are valid), a hacker could then decrypt and study the official bootloader and potentially use that as a starting point to understand how the PS5’s boot system works.

This would just allow further study.