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Chips & hardwaremedium impactPlayStation 2 security chip reverse engineered after 26 years
· Tokyo, Japan · Asia-Pacific · no longer in the live window
The MechaCon security chip in the original PlayStation 2 was successfully decapped and reverse engineered after four years of effort, revealing its secrets.
- Topic
- Chips & hardware
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan (35.676°, 139.650°)
- Region
- Asia-Pacific
- Impact
- medium
- Reported by
- Tom's Hardware
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