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Tuesday September 07, 2010

It appears that Sony is taking a stand against PS3 jailbreaks with their new firmware 3.42. The update reportledy blocks hacks meant to let users play pirated games on the system.

Update 3.42, was made available for download on Monday, contains features that PS3 owners report patch the exploit used for PS JailBreak, a USB dongle that would allow PlayStation 3 owners to dump borrowed games onto the system's hard drive. It's probably the most publicized of the hacks; PSGroove, open-source code that allows homemade games to be played on the console, is also reportedly impacted by the firmware update.

Sony says that the update is just a 'minor' update, but you are required to download the update if you want access to their PlayStation Network.

In a statement, Sony said: "Since this is an overall security-related issue, we will not be providing further commentary with regards to this case; however, as we always have we will continue to take necessary actions from both hardware and software to protect the intellectual property of the content offered on the PS3 system." Last month, following its successful move to halt sales of PS Jailbreak in Australia, the company made the same statement.