On: Sony Confirms PlayStation Network Outage Caused By ‘External Intrusion’

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I think GP meant publishing the signing keys for PS3 system code. That allowed the bad guys to sign any binary they wanted and authenticate the hacked PS3 to Sony's dev channels. Not really Geohot's intent, but certainly something he facilitated.

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Yes.

I would question whether it was his intent or not, but that's getting into inside-baseball stuff.