The war between Sony and the PS3 hacking community continues. According to Crunchgear, notorious PS3 hacker graf_chokolo has been dealt the wrath of Sony’s legal team. Police raided his home this morning in tandem with Sony, seizing his PS3 console and accounts. As Sony moves to the offensive, graf_chokolo is being used as an example of what risks may come with a PS3 hacking.
Over on grafchokolo.com, the words were very clear, “Guys, do not contact me anymore because SONY got me. They have all my stuff and accounts now, so be careful”. According to the thread, graf-chokolo was able to upload all of the critical files related to his PS3 hacking despite the seizures. Even more surprising were the commentors, who showed more concern for the files than the well being of their comrade, but such is the trade.
Sony is taking the bull by the horns to combat piracy. Yesterday we uncovered the company’s plans to release a new 300GB slim unhackable PS3 and today they began the raids. These raids were the result of their anti-piracy special forces unit. Sony looks to be taking the necessary steps, but is it actually working?
The sweet sound of success resonated within hours. Fellow PS3 hacker Mathieulh shut down ps3wiki and quit the scene after learning graf_chokolo’s fait. We’ll be monitoring Sony’s anti-piracy campaign very closely over the coming weeks as we expect Sony to make serious headway.
via PS3Crunch
