Super Collapse 3 is the latest exploitable game pulled from PSN
If at first you don’t succeed: hack, hack, hack again
Less than a month after Sony pulled Everybody’s Tennis and Motorstorm: Arctic Edge from the PlayStation Network because of their vulnerability to the Vita Half-Byte Loader (VHBL) exploit, Super Collapse 3 has been pulled for the same issue.
Wololo.net confirmed users could run the exploit and Sony quickly responded, removing the game from the PSN within 24 hours.
Don't be evilThe Vita Half-Byte Loader is an exploit that allows users to run unsigned code on the Vita in order to launch emulators and homebrew games.
Wololo has long defended the VHBL as being non-malicious and states that the exploit cannot be used for PSP (or PS Vita) piracy.
Furthermore, the unsigned code is run only in the PSP emulator – which is sandboxed away from the Vita operating system proper and restricted to 32MB of RAM.
Yet after the events of 2011, when hackers crippled the PlayStation Network for over a month, Sony can be forgiven for not taking any chances.
Hopefully as with Everybody’s Tennis and Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, it is likely Super Collapse 3 will be re-released once Sony patches its vulnerability.
Via: Wololo.net
