Users of the famous social news site Reddit has found a nasty vulnerability in the gaming console Sony PlayStation 4. It turns out that one can be sent to the console message crash, freeze and even roll back to factory settings, which erases all user data on the hard disk.
First affected is considered to be one of the players of Rainbow Six: Ed. After receiving such “malicious” messages to the entire team kicked out of the game. The message was sent from an additional account of one of the players of the rival team. Then the existence of such phenomenon was confirmed by other gamers participating in the online battles.
While Sony has not closed the vulnerability, to protect themselves from this scourge can be, putting in the settings prohibit sending messages and choosing as exceptions user that you trust.