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Sony PSP Software Update to Close Hacker Security Breach

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 30, 2005 - 3:21am.
San Francisco - Sony plans to release a software update for its PSP handheld game system that closes a loophole that allowed hackers to create and run their own software and potentially pirated games on the device, CNET News.com reported. "It is not...what the device was designed for," Sony Computer Entertainment America spokesman Patrick Seybold told News.com. "We plan to deal with this issue with the next system update." The release will be the second such update; when hackers cracked the software that shipped with the PSP, Sony offered an upgrade that patched the hole, and also included a Web browser and Wi-Fi photo sharing capabilities in attempt to entice users to download the optional software.
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