Original Story: PlayStation 4 users are being warned to set their messages to private due to an exploit making the rounds. “We are aware of the situation and are planning a system software update to resolve this problem,” Sony told VG247 in an email.įor now, the best way to protect yourself is to set your messages to private by following the steps below. Sony says it is aware of the issue and is working on a fix. Update: A PS4 exploit appeared during the weekend, in which a viral PSN message could render your machine unusable until you followed a workaround. Personally, I'm going to keep my messages on 'friends only', just in case. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Delete the message on the PS mobile app, go into Safe Mode, use Option 5, console back to normal. We've since fixed the issue, and it wasn't bricking consoles, just sending them into a crash loop that can be quickly fixed in under 5 minutes. Yesterday Sony told VG247 that a fix was coming in a system software update, but the PlayStation support account now says the issue has already been resolved. Update 2: Sony now says it has fixed the viral messaging exploit that was sending PS4 consoles into a never-ending crash loop.

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