Demonhades has claimed to have decypted the Playstation3 hard drive.
To quote from his website (translated to English):
Well, to give more details:
The key is 512 bytes
it’s a sha1-4096 (512bytes by sector)
the key is xored
To be clear it wasn’t a simple xor how some are speculating…
(we have already located a self)
Still no mention if it can be reproduce on all PS3′s or not
Or even how to accomplish it
This is definitely interesting and very good news we will be keeping eyes on.
UPDATE: We have confirmation that this decryption was done on a RETAIL PS3 (not Test/Debug)
02-25-2009
03:47 PM
YouTube - M. Bison "Yes Yes!" Widescreen HD
02-25-2009
04:03 PM
Pic from Demonhades.org
Translation:
As you can see, the route not only of redirection(like i said many times)
but also the certificates of authentication and validation along with the PS3 Game Key
Interesting
**Edit**
Just asked DemonHades and he said it was done on retail.
02-25-2009
04:19 PM
i hope this will lead to something, or streetskaterfu? please answer :D
02-25-2009
05:58 PM
finally some decryption done without the damn test ps3...
thank god great news. Lets see where this leads.
02-25-2009
07:46 PM
i wonder if they used a retail ps3 in otheros mode, or if they had the ps3 formatted hdd hooked up to a pc...???we will just just have to wait and see how this all unfolds...
now here is something im interested in, i believe some of the ps3's firmware is on the hdd, and if so can this decryption see those files, and possably edit them....
edit** i didnt see neos edit lol sorry
02-25-2009
08:53 PM
This is FANTASTIC, some real progress. I cant wait to hear more.
p.s. Not digging the new layout for posts
*EDIT*
nvm, it looks normal after you go to the actual thread...
02-25-2009
09:09 PM
02-25-2009
09:23 PM
This is a great step forward. I hope that this can lead to some even greater finds.
02-25-2009
09:30 PM
I wonder if this could allow me to pull service mode files off of my PS3. I heard the service mode jig may copy files to the HDD when it installs the testing FW, so it may be possible (since the HDD is unusable once the FW is installed) to pull files off of it now.
02-26-2009
01:38 AM
It's 100% true?
02-26-2009
06:47 AM
wow this is amazing.
02-26-2009
09:50 AM
Yeah...but well...is there a chance we can find an exploit on the HDD?
02-26-2009
10:10 AM
02-26-2009
12:16 PM
Could someone find me the original message? The English translation makes absolutely no sense at all.
02-26-2009
03:05 PM
what original msg? (if you post it i can translate it)
So for what i gathered, from the thread at demonhades.org, they have managed to decrypt essential files that were in hd (files that previously were in the flash but sony dicided to install them in HD cause we already had flash acess)...
What remains to be seen is... will we be able to modify the contents of the hdd? cause if we do a new window can be oppened... when we update our machine, the update pup writes all files to the hdd first, then the installation proceeds, and the files are installed in the hdd and in the flash... so the pup is signed and cannot be modified, but once its extracted and if we managed to have acess (and modify) the extracted files we could replace for our own files or even debug ones to have a full debug working (of course there must be no more checks) or else it won't work... but its a good theory
02-26-2009
03:19 PM
what the hell is "NewRodin"?
also theres a " dev_bdvd " thingie in that Resistance Fall of a Man hex.
This reminds me on a picture StreetSkaterFU -s dumb of the firmware (i think that was one of the greates development he did).He dumbed the Memory while the machine was booting. There was a similiar dev_bdvd data there.
Has StreetSkaterFU release those dumbs?
It would be great if we could compare the dumbed memory and see whats on the HDD.
02-26-2009
06:28 PM
02-26-2009
08:51 PM
Could Sony change the encryption in a firmware update?
02-26-2009
09:05 PM
so can he encrypt it back? or just decypt like all the other ps3 stuff that was decrypted?
02-26-2009
09:08 PM
************* [ - Post Merged - ] *************
Guys, PS3*NEWS is yelling that this is fake
02-27-2009
06:24 AM
02-27-2009
10:09 AM
The encryption specs are quite faked, that's for sure!
02-27-2009
12:58 PM
dawn, just got my hopes up for nothing once again...
02-27-2009
01:30 PM
02-27-2009
01:32 PM
http://www.qj.net/Retail-PS3-HDD-dec.../49/aid/129175
Why do people bother making up stuff like "we have hacked the PS3"....it serves no purpose at all.
02-27-2009
01:41 PM
I have read through DemonHades forums. It is not clear if it is fake or not.
EDIT: For god sake can somebody translate Demonhades and tell us what the heck is going on?
02-27-2009
02:19 PM
So its a fake then?
02-27-2009
02:31 PM
Just the sad ****ty facts of the internet...
I still cross my fingers and hope though...
02-27-2009
02:53 PM
very rough translation
it seems it was raw data which originally were discovered by knightsolidus and then became stolen
02-27-2009
02:55 PM
lol you guys fail
It's supposedly not fake they just had a tiff with trusting each other.
02-27-2009
03:09 PM
02-27-2009
03:25 PM
:-)
The only question about how good a hack is which machine it comes from - TEST/Debug or Retail.
Only time will tell on that one. I'm guessing like many others that its from Test but lets wait and see.
If people stop speculating about stuff and just wait then it will stop the rumour mill and keep to facts.
To answer the questions in the quote above.
NewRodin is a font typeface made by FrontWorks Japan. - Look at the credits for games like RidgeRacer, Odin Sphere and may other console machines and games.
Not heard anything from SKFU about this yet but I think he was already very close to being able to read the HDD from ps3 - look at the posts on his forum,
He has already been posting hdd directories and info for a while now.
02-27-2009
04:01 PM
Just tried sending SKFU a message on his site but for some reason it wouldn't let me post. Hope this is real for a chnage
02-27-2009
04:32 PM
This method was actually discovered a while ago, but it was never released publicly.
knightsolidus had actually managed to figure it out on his own how to decrypt the HDD, so obviously it would seem new to him and Demonhades. CJPC/******* did not want this information released so they bribed Demonhades with the PS3 SDK...Demonhades refused and released information on his website. As if this was done on retail or test PS3, it shouldnt matter to be honest because they both are the same (we are not sure which yet though).
Why ******* is chanting this fake is beyond me (e-fame?).
Leave it to others to cause drama in the scene.
02-27-2009
05:26 PM
The difference between retail machines and test hardware, is that access to system files are operations that can be performed and run is far more limited on retail machines.
Also most of us own retail machines so access on a test/debug machine is not something that the vast majority can reproduce.
02-27-2009
06:26 PM
02-27-2009
08:31 PM
This has been confirmed fake!
http://ps3.qj.net/Retail-PS3-HDD-dec.../49/aid/129175
02-27-2009
11:17 PM
02-28-2009
04:05 AM
Thank you Rips for clearing this up for me.
I`m waiting for SKFUs oppinion on this. How close is he to get past this problem on Retail machines? (you dont have to answer this question guys)
I can only hope someday we will see...
02-28-2009
06:38 AM
02-28-2009
10:55 AM
*Crys* Oh well. Time for some binge drinking. Just thought i'd swing on by
02-28-2009
11:54 AM
02-28-2009
10:32 PM
Guys, guys, plz. Calm down, The info is true, it has indeed been cracked, ******* are labeling it fake but its not a fake, guys be carefull when you are reading from ******* or even qj...
Its not fake i will repeat it, NOT FAKE...
Cheers
02-28-2009
11:34 PM
Can you prove its not fake? or can anyone prove it is fake? I tend not to get to excited about anything with the ps3 anymore because it never leads anywhere.
03-01-2009
05:55 AM
I hope its not a fake, but we cant do anything but wait for more news.
If somethin new comes its no fake, If not fake.
If you read at ******* you have to read with caution.
so let's just wait^^
03-01-2009
02:54 PM
I speak spanish, and i can tell you for what i read about there is no fake, there is also alot of furstration because now people are saying that its fake only because ******* said so... demonhades almost lost his mind lolool...
take it easy guys all will be explained.
03-01-2009
03:22 PM
For those who want proof or who are not registered to demonhades:
Here is a little speech between knightsolidus and NDT:
NDT's answer:
Sure you want source:
http://www.demonhades.org/conseguido...-t954-120.html
03-01-2009
03:58 PM
and there is no need for translation... see this is not fake for christ sake give them some time...
thanks SCE
03-01-2009
09:00 PM
Tutorial on how to decrypt will follow shortly
03-01-2009
11:07 PM
wow really cant wait
03-02-2009
05:33 AM
And here comes SKFU's opinion:
http://streetskaterfu.blogspot.com/2...few-words.html
03-02-2009
09:28 AM
see told you guys :P not fake... still not as useful as we thought, at least thats SKFU's opininion... lets see how this turns up...
03-03-2009
07:24 AM
I hope this would lead to people discovering the real decryption keys... if they are stored under just the first level of encryption, which I'm sure they aren't.
03-03-2009
08:02 AM