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1. Muromec · 1790709106 · focus · HN ↗

   If I know anything about those communities, they sit on a bag of zero days and another bag of leads to zero days in the bootloader or whatever everjail they need to break out of.

   1. MBCook · 1790709951 · focus · HN ↗

      I saw a post from someone who worked in the scene recently, seems they were someone famous. I don’t follow things so I’m not sure. Basically they were giving up because new people to the scene were just discovering things with AI and then immediately disclosing them to the world, allowing Sony to patch them before they really got used.

      It sounded like things may have changed.

      1. Synthetic7346 · 1790713869 · focus · HN ↗

         Sucks for the hoarder, but that is indeed how bug bounties are supposed to work. The first reporter gets the payout, disincentivizing sitting on valid vulns.

         1. kevin_thibedeau · 1790719782 · focus · HN ↗

            Plot twist: They're actually TLA staffers who don't want their backdoors burned.

            1. MBCook · 1790723206 · focus · HN ↗

               Those highly valuable PS5 exploits for spying on foreign leaders?

               1. kevin_thibedeau · 1790726651 · focus · HN ↗

                  Their kids' console will be on the home network if they don't have someone competent managing their security.

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