On Thursday 26th January, Sony released a new firmware update, version 3.56. However, within hours of the update, hackers moved to crack it open. Among the hackers was Wii hacker Youness Alaoui, who announced on Twitter that he’d successfully unpacked the firmware and published its signing keys, opening the door for new custom firmware to be created, which would mimic the last update.

But Sony won a court case the following day against the ban largely responsible – George “Geohot” Hotz, who was hit with temporary restraining order preventing him from partaking in an PS3 hacking activities.

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