Has the previously 'unhackable' PS3 been hacked?

serious? just imagine that the parts you see are the most important and if you need the fancy plastic outside you better start thinking about what you like about your ps3....is it more a hq gaming device or a fancy "everybody has it - me 2" thing...

Personally I have an Xbox, I couldn't afford a PS3. You could say the same thing about a sports car or an iphone though. The finished aesthetic is what gives these products their edge.

Well, no one could...

Like the story claims, no one else could find a way to hack into the PS3, which I never even knew until this story came along.

Way to go, hacker! Proving everyone wrong on their opinions... :P

because he is a goddamn loser with nothing else to do but break other peoples creations. lol he's like an electronic dr. frankenstein.
i have never understood the hacker mentality.

OK, let me explain 'hacking' consoles.

But before that, understand 'hacking' is different than 'cracking'. Hacking is modifying hardware or software. Cracking is illegally bypassing programing security.

That said, there is a community of people who modify consoles to be able to play copied games, games from other systems, and homemade games.

A lot of people in the modding community look down on people who use copied games. The coolest thing about modded consoles are all the homemade games that people make. There are a lot of homemade or homebrew games for Wii, DS, and PSP.

Hacking consoles is awesome because you are expanding on what the creators intended. The video game industry does not want people playing homemade games because they can't profit off of it. Why should gamers let corporate greed dictate what type of games they can play with the system they payed for. Homebrew games can be much more creative and experimental than any corporate brand game, because they're free.

Also, you cannot get any viruses from 'hacking' or modding a console. Although if you don't know what you're doing, you can kill your system.