PS3 HDD Decrypted Tutorial - PS3Hax Network

Pirate · 03-01-2009

While some sites were quick to falsely label the recent discovery of HDD discovery "fake", a tutorial is now available on how to decrypt your own Playstation 3 HDD (yes retail). Just to shed some light on the confusion that has been spread around the scene of this "discovery"; This method was discovered a while ago but was never released publicly. knightsolidus stumbled upon this during his research and brought it to the public's attention.

The following method is a brief explanation on what to do (detailed tutorial will be available soon, though what is below should suffice).

1.) Make a dump of your PS3 HDD (connect to your PC via SATA)
2.) Plug HDD back to your PS3
3.) Copy a large-dummy file to the HDD
4.) Unplug HDD from PS3, and plug it back into your PC
5.) Dump the HDD image again
6.) Compare the two dumps you know have, and locate the encrypted dummy data (use HxD or any hex editor to do this) 7.) Replace the encrypted dummy data with sections of the data you want to decrypt
8.) Place the HDD back into your PS3
9.) Copy dummy data from PS3 to external media (USB drive/flash drive)
10.) Inspect the dummy file on PC from USB stick/flash drive.

And there you have it. Let us know what your discoveries lead to, we already have interesting things popping up

Tcraw77813 · 03-01-2009

Thanks once again Pirate for posting this tutorial. Hopefully people will realize that this is real and will get something going with this new bit of intel.

weed37 · 03-02-2009

nice yet 1 more step in the right direction

lets hope we keep making steps forward and not backwards

apie · 03-02-2009

Has anybody tried it? The encryption algorithm seems a little bit too easy to me (if it's really possible to decrypt the HDD via this method)... I would have at least integrated a position-dependent encryption function...

How to dump the PS3 HDD when it is connected to the PC?

Please excuse my bad english :-)

cassis2k · 03-02-2009

Originally Posted by apie

Has anybody tried it? The encryption algorithm seems a little bit too easy to me (if it's really possible to decrypt the HDD via this method)... I would have at least integrated a position-dependent encryption function...

How to dump the PS3 HDD when it is connected to the PC?

Please excuse my bad english :-)

All is writing.

The following method is a brief explanation on what to do (detailed tutorial will be available soon, though what is below should suffice).

Thx Pirate

Pirate · 03-02-2009

This is patchable by Sony.

Disane · 03-02-2009

Great finding Pirate!

thanks for trying it out before posting

Was it hard to reproduce it?

though i can`t try it out ,yet. Once i get home i`ll start working on it

ajpowerranger · 03-02-2009

Woo good news, wish I could help in some way! Guess I won't be updating my ps3 for a while!

Avanaboy · 03-02-2009

This is just an AWESOME news !!!

I will do it on my ps3-hdd this night

Pockets69 · 03-02-2009

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...

03-01-2009	#1
Pirate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,932 Likes: 370 Liked 7,995 Times in 1,235 Posts Mentioned: 568 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	PS3 HDD Decrypted Tutorial While some sites were quick to falsely label the recent discovery of HDD discovery "fake", a tutorial is now available on how to decrypt your own Playstation 3 HDD (yes retail). Just to shed some light on the confusion that has been spread around the scene of this "discovery"; This method was discovered a while ago but was never released publicly. knightsolidus stumbled upon this during his research and brought it to the public's attention. The following method is a brief explanation on what to do (detailed tutorial will be available soon, though what is below should suffice). 1.) Make a dump of your PS3 HDD (connect to your PC via SATA) 2.) Plug HDD back to your PS3 3.) Copy a large-dummy file to the HDD 4.) Unplug HDD from PS3, and plug it back into your PC 5.) Dump the HDD image again 6.) Compare the two dumps you know have, and locate the encrypted dummy data (use HxD or any hex editor to do this) 7.) Replace the encrypted dummy data with sections of the data you want to decrypt 8.) Place the HDD back into your PS3 9.) Copy dummy data from PS3 to external media (USB drive/flash drive) 10.) Inspect the dummy file on PC from USB stick/flash drive. And there you have it. Let us know what your discoveries lead to, we already have interesting things popping up

03-01-2009	#2
Tcraw77813 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Flo Rida Posts: 1,056 Likes: 125 Liked 149 Times in 101 Posts Mentioned: 14 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks once again Pirate for posting this tutorial. Hopefully people will realize that this is real and will get something going with this new bit of intel. __________________ [Forum Rules][Complete DEX Info page] [Requirements For Sharing PSN Games]

03-02-2009	#3
weed37 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: dublin ireland Posts: 750 Likes: 81 Liked 79 Times in 54 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	nice yet 1 more step in the right direction lets hope we keep making steps forward and not backwards __________________ <japsander> my ass still hasnt forgiven me for the night before i got married

03-02-2009	#4
apie Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Has anybody tried it? The encryption algorithm seems a little bit too easy to me (if it's really possible to decrypt the HDD via this method)... I would have at least integrated a position-dependent encryption function... How to dump the PS3 HDD when it is connected to the PC? Please excuse my bad english :-) Last edited by apie; 03-02-2009 at 05:53 AM.

03-02-2009	#6
Pirate Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,932 Likes: 370 Liked 7,995 Times in 1,235 Posts Mentioned: 568 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This is patchable by Sony. __________________ Please do not PM me with help/questions (I will not reply). Use this for your questions. PS3 Hacks

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03-02-2009	#7
Disane Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Austria Posts: 121 Likes: 18 Liked 85 Times in 29 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Great finding Pirate! thanks for trying it out before posting Was it hard to reproduce it? though i can`t try it out ,yet. Once i get home i`ll start working on it

03-02-2009	#8
ajpowerranger Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 176 Likes: 5 Liked 14 Times in 7 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Woo good news, wish I could help in some way! Guess I won't be updating my ps3 for a while!

03-02-2009	#9
Avanaboy Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 47 Likes: 7 Liked 23 Times in 9 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This is just an AWESOME news !!! I will do it on my ps3-hdd this night

03-02-2009	#10
Pockets69 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 6,681 Likes: 2,087 Liked 2,449 Times in 1,389 Posts Mentioned: 138 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	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... __________________ <eussNL> judge: ´so why did you torrent 5 million AVI of women moaning´ <eussNL> <TizzyT> i dont judge if it sounds good i listen

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