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‘Console Hacking Has Detonated An Explosive’: PlayStation 5 ROM Keys Leak Online, Opening the Door to Permanent Jailbreaks, Custom Firmware

Sony PlayStation 5 console and DualSense controller surrounded by flames on a red background.

Since the PlayStation 5’s release in late 2020, console hackers have attempted to gain complete access to the system by discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities, using software exploits to access features not normally available to consumers. But on New Year’s Eve, console hacking groups detonated another sort of explosive that could have massive consequences for the PlayStation 5 hacking scene, opening the door for permanent jailbreak, custom firmware, emulation, and much more. As detailed in an extremely well-put-together report by The CyberSec Guru, at the end of 2025, people in the PlayStation 5 hacking scene began discussing a massive data dump […]

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