PlayStation 2 Protection Falls After 27 Years - Secret MechaCon Chip Had to Be Studied for Four Years
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After more than two decades, PlayStation 2's last hardware secret has been ventilated. An engineer has now managed to crack the console's MechaCon security chip completely, opening new doors for obtaining hardware and software. (Continue reading)
PlayStation 2 protection falls after 27 years - secret MechaCon chip had to be studied for four years
Canadian retro tech enthusiast known as DiscoStarslayer carried out successfully CXP102064 Reverse engineering of the MechaCon security chip installed on the first version of Sony’s PlayStation 2 game console released in 1999. Image source: /DiscoStarslayer It took the hobbyist four years to achieve this result – and his work will provide important assistance to projects […]
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technewstube.comOriginal Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets
The ‘magic security chip’ inside the original PlayStation 2 has been successfully reverse engineered and dumped after four years of effort.
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