A $200 brick

By Michael Huang on October 7, 2005 10:52 AM | 0 Comments

How's this for demented? A PSP Trojan horse turns the PSP into a useless brick.


The trojan disguises itself as a firmware patch, but instead destroys the machine. It shouldn't affect the average user, but for those who use homebrew apps, they need to be careful what they patch.



LA Times also has coverage on this story.

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