Sony to Fix 20th Anniversary PS4 Sale Exploits - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 December 2014 / 7,105 Views
An exploit has been revealed for the sale of the limited edition 20th anniversary PlayStation 4. The exploit was revealed in a post called 'Hacking that PlayStation Competition' that allows people access the purchase form without going through the competition process.
Sony has told Eurogamer that have are putting more security measures in place to prevent this exploit from being used again in the future.
"We launched #20YearsofCharacters on http://eu.playstation.com/20yearsofcharacters with the intention of giving our true fans the best opportunity of purchasing the PS4 20th Anniversary Edition console," said Sony.
"Following feedback from the PlayStation UK community we would like to remind everybody that the daily link for this activity won't be live until seconds before the clue is announced on twitter.com/PlayStationUK."
"Unfortunately we are now aware of some users attempting to run programmes to reveal the URL early and give themselves an unfair advantage. Users we identify as using these tactics will be disqualified from the process and will continue to be. Since reports of this behaviour surfaced we have been adding additional encryptions and will continue to do so in advance of the final clue tomorrow."
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How about making it a regular edition instead of a very limited numbers. I'm pretty sure it'll sell like hit cakes if Sony did that.
This has nothing to do with the console, omg
howcome sony gets hacked every 2-3 months
agree make it for everyone.. after all it everyone who did made what SONY is today so we all deserve a piece of it
so Sony if you looking for $$ here your chace and we talking million dollar here... be smart for once and make it available for everyone 93 will be sold reight aways, for me and my 2 cousin)
thx
They could have made the console less... scarce. Lots of people want one, and the color and imprints compliment the design of the console much better than that dull black color.
