The U.S. Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center (C3), a division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is using 20 PlayStation 3 consoles to crack the computer passwords of child pornographers. Using the console’s Linux capabilities, the agency has replaced $8,000 PCs with $300 consoles. ICE agent Claude E. Davenport said:
Bad guys are encrypting their stuff now, so we need a methodology of hacking on that to try to break passwords. The PlayStation 3 — its processing component — is perfect for large-scale library attacks.
According to Game Politics, the agency plans to purchase at least 40 more systems to help its super-computing endeavors. Since the new PS3 Slim doesn’t run Linux, the government better snatch up the older models before they’re out of stock.
So in addition to allowing consumers to play games, connect with friends, and enjoy multimedia, the PS3 is being used to nab criminals. That’s pretty awesome.
At the sake of sounding redundant and throwing my creativity out the window, let me be the first to say:
"It only does everything."
-M
Just to reiterate,
It only does Bluray
Games
Online
Police Work
Everything
I'm tell you once they put an easy bake oven in it, People are going to marry their PS3s.