

One can, however, still write data to the hard drive and access the Debug menu. The exploit isn't nearly as perfect as some of the older PlayStation 4 patches, as it doesn't allow code to be executed on the console. Even on the correct version, it doesn't work every time and might be needed to be run a few times. One user tried running it on version 4.50 and it resulted in kernel panic. The jailbreak runs on both variants of the console and needs to be executed via a PC/Mac. It only works on PlayStation 5 consoles running firmware version 4.03 or lower. The hack and the corresponding Python files are available to download on Spectre Dev's GitHub page. Almost a year later, Twitter users and have successfully managed to beat Sony's security via a WebKit exploit. A breakthrough was achieved in 2021 when the console's Debug menu was unlocked. Intrepid jailbreakers were already on the PlayStation 5's case shortly after it launched.
