PS4 4.01 Jailbreak showcased by Chinese hackers at Geekpwn convention
A few hours ago, a video was shared by hackers at the GeekPwn convention in Shanghai, showing what appears to be a 4.01 PS4 Jailbreak.
This is the first time a full fledged exploit is publicly showcased on a firmware higher than firmware 1.76. As of now, the only information publicly available to run a PS4 Jailbreak is for firmware 1.76. PS4 Firmware 4.01 is the latest PS4 Firmware at the time of this writing, so a Jailbreak on this firmware could be a massive breakthrough.
PS4 Jailbreak 4.01 – details
In the video, the two Chinese hackers from Chaitin Tech are showcasing a PS4 on the latest firmware 4.01 running a PS4 Jailbreak. After the exploit runs, the hackers are seen starting Linux on the PS4, then launching Mario on a NES emulator.
The video doesn’t show much, except that it appears the exploit’s entry point is in the web browser (as is always the case, it is safe to assume there is a webkit exploit involved). There’s not enough evidence on the video to confirm if the exploit is real or not.
Release date for the PS4 Jailbreak on 4.01?
It’s too early to tell how legit this exploit is, although the GeekPwn convention seems to be a professional event, which tends to indicate this Jailbreak is probably real. The hackers have not shared any release date however, and some people started to share worries that such an exploit could make its way to piracy dongles rather than an open exploit for homebrews and customization.
The hackers have shared a url, https://chaitin.cn/ps4.html, which for now only contains the video and not the actual exploit.
Update: @CodeColorist has shared a picture of the two hackers at the event, along with famed hacker Geohot (who was at GeekPwn to talk about his self-driving car software company)
Stay tuned to our PS4 Jailbreak page as we dig for more details on this.
Source chaitin.cn, via psxhax. Thanks to everyone who shared the info!
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No seriously though, this has to stop.
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LET IT BEGIN!!!
Finally, some PS4 jailbreak news after a long time of waiting
I can speak Chinese. In the video, they said if you use the ps4 browser to open their website http://chaitin.cn/ps4, your ps4 will automatically boot up Linux OS….I highly doubt it..
no you woumd obviously need some kind of Linux Usb dongle
No. that website is just their company’s website. Nothing to do with jailbreaking.
GeoHot. Everything explained 😛
This will be great to steal and pirate games
good luck with that, 50 gb games are a lot to download all through the net if u ask me haha
True but it beats paying 70€ for 1. With 70€ you can buy a 1TB Hd which will allow you to save up to 20 games…
the hong kong bootleggers will be pleased with this -_-
its true the prices are just ridiculous
IT takes 2 hours for must of the people to download 50GB ^^ where Are you living?
i dont care how long it takes its just to big a data imagine u keep urself limited to 1 game a day that still leaves u with 1,5 TB on a month hmm actualy its better to hang a pirate flag outside ur window while ur at it
from me it takes 3 hours to download 5 gb
50 GB takes me like 25 minutes im running 250 down/up
watch 2:19
http protocol forwarding to https
team using custom host file.
Watch 2:20 hands on the guy on the right magically warps. Obviously fake or they had some other reason to cut part of the vid, though i doubt it.
I figured that out too. Obviously you wouldn’t just be able to put that website unless it was being redirected.
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What??? No NO NOOOOO. Now’s the worst time for it. Playstation 4 will be released soon and if they find out there’s an exploit, they’ll patch them. This should have been held off unannounced until november when the ps pro would be released. Then again, the consoles might still come out with 4.1, but still.
Too late, the PS4 PRO will be released 10th november, the first batchs are allready packed & ready to be sended with FW 4.01
BUT if the kexploit is confirmed, don’t wait to long to purchase a PS4 PRO !
just bought my first ps4 today
Updated my console to 4.01 now, and turned off Network ASAP.
Is there any way to block fw updates while having access to network btw?
settings>system>updates and auto updates
That was turned off for me, but PS4 still downloaded the system update.
Do they actually have audio working under linux? There are speakers on the desk but the mario music seems to be added afterwards. Well even if not they might just be using a usb dac.
im just waiting for piracy in all honesty
I highly doubt they will release any exploits. Sony will not let them do it.
They’re Chinese… I doubt they give any *** about Sony
ps4 update 4.05 is out
And now 4.05 has been released to increase stability lol.
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If you look closely at the right guy, when they run the website and screen goes poof black and a cut happens. It is clear that the right guy has *most probably* stood up from his chair between those two footages and sat back. No clue why. Idk if it’s fake or not. But they could have just switch the monitor to a linux system lol. or switch display cables or something.
TL;DR THE RIGHT GUY’S CLOTHES MOVED BETWEEN CUTS. 😀 in a way which is not possible while staying sit. Before the cut you can’t see his white shirt hanging out from the hoodie he has over it. After the cut white shirt hangs out.
Just saying it’s weird as ***. I really wonder why they had to make a cut.
what the *** buy an PS4 to play a game from 1836 you can burn ur PS4 and buy a snes console
A raspberry pi was used to accomplish this exploit
Man I just want external mods on the damn ps4. $ony won’t give it to us so why not mod it in ourselves
ready for Xmas 🙂
Yeah…waited for almost a year for this.
THIS ISN’T FAKE, IT”S BEEN CONFIRMED. This exploit already been used for PS4 way before these chinese guys, the same browser exploit basically as 1.76. Anyway they were showing off their security talents and a famed PUBLIC convention where whatever they show they had to tell Sony so they could patch it. Hence why update 4.05 rolled out the next day.
Also Geohot is right there and he jailbreaked the PS3 and IPhone so I doubt he would want anything to do with them, wasting his time if it was fake. Anyway, I realize most people on the internet are *** so I’m going to leave now before I become ***, small dosages.
does anybody now wich ps4 slim bundles are with 4.01 or below
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