TheFlow is up to his old tricks, hacking PlayStation hardware once more. After a month of tinkering around, he's managed to get past the security on Sony's PlayStation Portal streaming handheld, and even gotten PSP games to load on it by running the PPSSPP emulator for Android. He credits fellow scene hackers xyz and ZetaTwo for the help in hacking the Portal, and says that he might showcase some videos of PPSSPP running on the device sometime this weekend. For now, there's no plans to release his hack to the public, and TheFlow claims there's still a lot of work to be done in the future.

After more than a month of hard work, PPSSPP is running natively on PlayStation Portal. Yes, we hacked it. With help from xyz and @ZetaTwo pic.twitter.com/AXuRROo6Ip

— Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) February 19, 2024

 

[Maximumbeans]

Important update: Apparently TheFlow ended up reporting the exploit to Sony themselves, and now it has been patched.



Now the Portal is a paperweight again for the time being unless that patch can be used to make another exploit.

'We ReSpOnSiBlY rEpoRtEd It'

 

[Kioku]

Important update: Apparently TheFlow ended up reporting the exploit to Sony themselves, and now it has been patched.



Now the Portal is a paperweight again for the time being unless that patch can be used to make another exploit.

.... and nothing of value was lost.

 

[Snintendog]

'We ReSpOnSiBlY rEpoRtEd It'

He is playing both sides. NO ONE LIKED THAT.

 

[impeeza]

He is playing both sides. NO ONE LIKED THAT.

big tech companies have find prices

 

[Maximumbeans]

He is playing both sides. NO ONE LIKED THAT.

big tech companies have find prices

And this is the crux of it. If they'd have told him to fuck off, he wouldn't have given a rat's ass about responsibility