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YouTuber Dammit Jeff offers large bounty for definitive PS5 modification in partnership with the FULU Foundation, currently sat at over $30,000

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A YouTuber with over half a million subscribers, Dammit Jeff, (in partnership with Louis Rossmann's FULU Foundation)has offered a substantial bounty for the release of a significant PS5 exploit. In a video posted to his channel yesterday, he detailed his plan to revolutionise the hacking scene for the console in response to Sony's much maligned decision to go fully digital in 2028. He also gave instructions on how to keep the console on the lowest possible firmware by disabling updates, along with a scathing rebuttal to Sony's talking points regarding the shift.

"This feels like it's only a net benefit for Sony. That's it. The only thing we get out of this is, 'Oh, well... It's a little more convenient.' ... I keep seeing the same statistic everywhere- Yes. 85% of PlayStation game sales were digital last year, that is correct. But- And this is important- Adoption does not equate preference. ... How many people do you think chose the disc version of the PS5 over the digital version of the PS5? 82%. ... Clearly consumers still want at least the choice to decide where and how they buy their games."
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Both Dammit Jeff and the FULU Foundation put up $10,000 each, and small dollar donations are coming in steadily. The bounty is totalled at $32,572 at the time of writing, while the largest payout Sony has ever made for the disclosure of an exploit was $20,000 to TheFloW's exploit from 4 years ago. There are significant conditions attached to receive the bounty, however.

The disclosed exploit must:
  • Demonstrably allow for the modification or bypassing of the PS5 hypervisor to the extent that an alternate OS can be booted (Stability of the alternate OS is not required)
  • Either be a one-off implementation, or an implementation that takes no more than 10 minutes to execute if it needs to be repeated
  • Work on firmware version 13.42 or newer (The most recent firmware at the time of writing)
  • Be able to access the PS5's primary computation, memory, and graphics hardware on the alternate OS
  • Allow the PS5 to continue to be capable of being booted into its original operating system, with the capability to play PS5 games
On top of that, if the modification is a hardware modification, it must also not require hardware that costs a meaningful percentage of the PS5's cost, and be able to be carried out by someone with only basic soldering skills and equipment.

It was reported at the beginning of the month that Sony anticipated the negative backlash toward the decision to cease producing physical games, and while a huge backlash continues to flood their social media pages, the company has remained steadfast in its decision-making. Weaponising crowd funding is just the latest in a long line of schemes to strike back at the company, but this has gotten significantly more traction than any of the previous ones. Links are below if you want to contribute.

:arrow: Source
:arrow: Bounty Page
:arrow: Discord Server
:arrow: FULU Foundation Website
 
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NinStar said:
What PlayStation going fully digital and this have to do? A person could want to hack their console and don't give a fuck about physical games... I'm really confused about the equivalency here.
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critical thinking is a lost art and you clearly didn’t watch either of the 2 videos

Either from Jeff or Rossman all of this is explained
 
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TheStonedModder said:
critical thinking is a lost art and you clearly didn’t watch either of the 2 videos

Either from Jeff or Rossman all of this is explained
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Yes you are right, I didn't watch the videos because there was an expectation on my part that the text of the post would include all of the relevant information to contextualize whatever the fuck is happening... But whatever you say, intelectual of the century.
 
Just under 35k USD so far. Seems rather small for so many requests, restrictions and then you have to make sure that a layman can do the installation as well. US based only doesn't help either. There're tons of really skilful hackers outside of the US and 35k is a huge amount of money to them and that would give them the drive to do this.

How much is Sony offering? Still 50k? DO the math, I guess. But hey! Something great could come out of this though.
 
Ettino said:
Just under 35k USD so far. Seems rather small for so many requests, restrictions and then you have to make sure that a layman can do the installation as well. US based only doesn't help either. There're tons of really skilful hackers outside of the US and 35k is a huge amount of money to them and that would give them the drive to do this.

How much is Sony offering? Still 50k? DO the math, I guess. But hey! Something great could come out of this though.
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Sony isn’t gurenteed the max payout that’s the issue

I could give Sony all that I have now. Burn my methods and they can decide to only give like $5k

Which is still a lot of money but not worth it. That will cover me 2 months of rent
 
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My mom wanted to buy a PS5 to play with her GF. It was down right hard help her with that decision. Told her to stay away from bundles b/c they are worth over $1K now. Shes been a Sony fan since PS1, just sucks to explain the current state of gaming to anyone returning. On the flip side the PS5 JB scene is doing pretty good although some AAA games aren't stable to play.
 

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