New PlayStation 3 hack automatically unlocks Trophies

For Sony, the recent hacking of the PlayStation 3 seems to go from terrible to disastrous.

While game piracy is an obvious concern for the platform holder, a new homebrew app has been released that allows users with a modified PS3 to unlock all Trophies in a game automatically. Said trophies even come with a random timestamp, just to make it extra convincing.

Needless to say, this could develop into a nightmare scenario for Sony, with potentially thousands of users everywhere owning unearned Trophies. What is the company going to do about it? Well, it’s Sony, so it’s all about the network updates, baby. Sony gave this statement to CVG:

“We are aware of this, and are currently looking into it. We will fix the issues through network updates, but because this is a security issue, we are not able to provide you with any more details.”

On the plus side, the developers of this insidious little app are currently unable to sync their robbed Trophies with the PlayStation Network. Furthermore, some games simply seem immune to this hack, including Batman: Arkham Asylum and Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. Your move, Sony.

[Via CVG]