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A Game of Hacks: Whether driven by spite or a genuine passion for reverse-engineering feats, Sony now has to contend with a surge in hacking attempts targeting the PS5. This generation's leading game console is being targeted for both non-native code recompilation and firmware exploitation, and developers aren't pulling any punches in either area.

Just a few weeks after the massive " Relapse " exploit incident, someone has apparently already broken Sony's latest PlayStation 5 firmware update. A developer based in South Korea claims to have defeated the security protections in PS5 firmware version 14.10, which Sony recently released to close the Relapse exploit.

Developer "Gezine" posted a brief video clip on X, demonstrating what is allegedly a powerful exploit affecting firmware 14.10.…