Sony gets tough with PS3 hackers

Mike Bantick
Thursday, 17 February 2011 10:08

Your IT - Entertainment

Sony has now begun sending letters to those PlayStation 3 owners with the audacity to load on security circumvention software or devices, and then connect to the PlayStation Network.  The Cease and Desist letter indicates that such actions violate the PS3 User Agreement.

Sony has not been afraid to wheel out the legal team in order to keep the PS3 platform as free from piracy as possible.

Until relatively recently the PS3 had been considered hack proof.  Then along came the FailOverflow group exposing the linchpin security keys within the OS and before that, then before that Sony wheeled out the lawyers to clamp down on the sale of the PSJailbreak USB dongle that fooled the games machine into thinking it was in 'debug' mode.

Overnight Sony put the following on its official PlayStation Blog:  

"Circumvention devices and game piracy damage our industry and can potentially injure the online experience for all our loyal PlayStation customers, via hacks and cheats.

By identifying PlayStation 3 systems that breach our guidelines and terminating their ability to connect to PlayStation Network, we are protecting our business and preserving the honest gameplay experiences that PlayStation fans expect and deserve.

Rest assured, this does not apply to the overwhelming majority of our users who enjoy the world of entertainment PlayStation 3 has to offer without breaching the guidelines, and we urge all to continue doing so without fear."

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