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Hacker awarded $50k bounty for reporting bug to Sony that allowed PS5 Linux exploit

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Hacker awarded $50k bounty for reporting bug to Sony that allowed PS5 Linux exploit

A hacker used an AI LLM to find a hypervisor bug that allowed security researchers to load Linux on PlayStation 5 consoles, subsequently reported it to Sony, and received a $50,000 bug bounty. IGN reports that the person who discovered the flaw, who goes by Jordy on X, shared the award on the social media platform, drawing significant ire. The biggest driver of the criticism, though, is that Jordy agreed to delay the report until after the launch of GTA VI, but moved forward anyway after someone else discovered the flaw, meaning it would be patched prior to the launch of the game, and possibly denying someone else the payday.

I can at least buy GTA 6 with this I think https://t.co/1iLwrZTbdyOctober 14, 2026

“I can at least buy GTA 6 with this, I think,” Jordy said on their X account . One user called Gille replied to their post, saying, “50k in bank but 0 friends left. ” Another one named Darth Riker commented, “You did not ‘find this bug yourself’. The flow0 (Andy Nguyen) did that. You, however, didn’t. You’re just a lazy s****** who’s no different to those scammers out there,” while Matthew Cramer added, “The worst thing is not the money grab, it’s the fact that the whole point of exploiting PS5 is freedom, ownership, and control. Sony goes against everything we stand for!



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