Can PlayStation 3 hackers now unban themselves and ban innocent gamers?

[nsane.forums]

It seems that some hackers may not only have managed to get around Sony’s new PlayStation 3 banning system, they could even manage to turn it around and get innocent gamers banned for doing nothing wrong.

A post on the SKFU blog states that bans are currently based just on user accounts and the PlayStation 3 console IDs. The way around this is that hackers can modify the information that is sent and received by the PlayStation 3, thus they could not only get themselves unbanned, they could in theory, cause innocent users to get a ban.

The theory even goes on to suggest that a simple Windows application could be created that would go through all PlayStation console IDs and get the world's consoles banned in around 24 hours.

All of this is currently hypothetical; although there has been some forum talk that users have already managed to unban themselves with some newly released tools that allow them to spoof their hardware and account ID’s. Website PlayStation Network at Home even managed to read a few forum posts of users doing just that before the posts were removed.

If innocent users do start to be banned by hackers, then something will need to be done quickly by Sony, but will the kind of hacking that is happening on the console at the moment mean that the company has very little else to fight back with?

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[HX1]

:whistle: :lmao: :eekout: Wonder where the tools is..

[PurplebeanZ]

haha, another firmware update on it's way then :rolleyes:

[JusperX]

I hope there will!! I'm gonna freak out if some stupid "hackers" ban my console!! <_<

Get a life suckers and deal with it! :angry:

[LeetPirate]

All this theoretical talk. Where are the files, lol. I can't even find any hacked firmware releases, all I find is blog or news about these so called hacked firmware. Even worse is this magical program they conjured up, this one will probably be never found for actual download as well.

I didn't power up my PS3 since last year, I'm afraid of all the hasty firmware releases by Sony, they are getting reckless and they are causing problems for legitimate users. I feel like buying a Wii. :lol:

[Dodel]

To hack the console I say good on ya, to penalize normal users because of a corporates cockyness, Unfair.

[JusperX]

I assure you that the firmware releases are just fine. They are just trying to be one step forward from the hackers, that's why they released so many updates.

I've found almost all custom firmwares, but I do not intend to hack mine, since there is nothing that I'll gain if I do so, I have my Wii and X360 to play copied games.

Also, multiplayer is free on the PS3, so I'll definitely have a disadvantage if I "hack" it..

Of course that's my opinion. ^_^