PlayStation became the victim of a hacker, but he did not do it with malicious intent. The company thanked the specialist who helped reconsider its approach to security organization
A white hat hacker (information security researcher) under the nickname TheFlow0 was able to hack the PlayStation again. The network drew attention to the specialist’s achievement.
Screenshots have appeared from HackerOne, this is a platform for “ethical hackers” who work for companies, helping to improve their protection – they hack and thereby identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers.
TheFlow0 (Andy Nguyen) recently hacked the PlayStation again, the console model was not specified. But it is known that Sony paid the specialist a remuneration of $10,000, i.e. We are talking about a certain “critical” vulnerability. The discussion participants noted that he also managed to find another exploit, for which he received an additional $2500.
