Post by dlevere on Oct 4, 2016 3:28:17 GMT -4
By TheGuardian
The following information comes from MPT, who contacted us through user realshotgun, to spread the word. We at wololo.net have not verified this information, although the explanation from MPT below sounds valid enough that we feel the word needs to be spread.
On the one hand if you’re trying to pirate content then you’re probably asking for trouble. It’s not our role here at wololo.net to judge, but clearly here there was no legitimate use to downloading these games. On the other hand with this kind of stuff now out in the wild, it wouldn’t be surprising to see similar virus-like data spread in otherwise legit use of your hacked PS Vita, so please be careful what you download and where you download it from.
Based on the explanation below, you will hopefully see how easy it could be for people to not only brick your ps vita, but also to alter their virus to make it less obvious to detect.
The issue would obviously only impact people running on a hacked PS Vita, not “regular” users of the system (in particular people who have updated to firmware 3.61 are not at risk with this)
Below, the article from MPT:
wololo.net/2016/10/04/warning-ps-vita-brickers-in-the-wild/
The following information comes from MPT, who contacted us through user realshotgun, to spread the word. We at wololo.net have not verified this information, although the explanation from MPT below sounds valid enough that we feel the word needs to be spread.
On the one hand if you’re trying to pirate content then you’re probably asking for trouble. It’s not our role here at wololo.net to judge, but clearly here there was no legitimate use to downloading these games. On the other hand with this kind of stuff now out in the wild, it wouldn’t be surprising to see similar virus-like data spread in otherwise legit use of your hacked PS Vita, so please be careful what you download and where you download it from.
Based on the explanation below, you will hopefully see how easy it could be for people to not only brick your ps vita, but also to alter their virus to make it less obvious to detect.
The issue would obviously only impact people running on a hacked PS Vita, not “regular” users of the system (in particular people who have updated to firmware 3.61 are not at risk with this)
Below, the article from MPT:
wololo.net/2016/10/04/warning-ps-vita-brickers-in-the-wild/