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Sony's Kevin Butler tweets PlayStation 3 security key

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On February 9, 2011, 10:05 AM EST

Sony's Kevin Butler, a fictional character portrayed by actor Jerry Lambert in the "It Only Does Everything" advertising campaign for the PlayStation 3, today accidentally retweeted the USB dongle ID generator key, also used for PS3 security circumvention. The tweet has since been removed, after someone from Sony probably told him what he just did.

It all started when Travis La Marr used his @exiva Twitter account to tweet the key sequence and challenged @TheKevinButler to "Come at me." Butler confused it for a Battleship reference and retweeted the entire code:

Lemme guess... you sank my Battleship? RT @exiva: 46 DC EA D3 17 FE 45 D8 09 23 EB 97 E4 95 64 10 D4 CD B2 C2 Come at me, @TheKevinButler

It's rather ironic that this happened just after we learned that Sony is threatening to sue anybody posting or distributing the jailbreak code for its PlayStation 3 gaming console. The electronics giant even demanded that a federal judge order Google and Twitter to surrender details of those involved. It looks like this time Sony won't have to go to the courts; the company can just check its own marketing department.

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Guest
on February 9, 2011
10:20 AM

in before techspot gets sued for reposting it

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Guest
on February 9, 2011
10:25 AM

oh shi-

good one!

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Cota
on February 9, 2011
10:26 AM

^ SONY employee

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TomSEA
on February 9, 2011
10:26 AM

LOL...getting better every day!

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gwailo247
on February 9, 2011
10:28 AM

Down goes the Yamato.

Someone is so getting fired.

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Benny26
on February 9, 2011
10:30 AM

Epic fail....Very funny though.

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Zoft27
on February 9, 2011
10:35 AM

Faiiiil.

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Lurker101
on February 9, 2011
10:45 AM

Would it be fair to challenge Sony to go a full week without making itself look stupid or petulant?

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Ahmed90
on February 9, 2011
10:46 AM

lol fail idd xD

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cyrusjumpjet
on February 9, 2011
10:54 AM

This is the funniest thing I'll see all day.

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lawfer
on February 9, 2011
11:09 AM

OH THE IRONY!

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stewi0001
on February 9, 2011
11:12 AM

I guess he doesn't know hex code when he sees it

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stewi0001
on February 9, 2011
11:13 AM

stewi0001 said:

I guess he doesn't know hex code when he sees it

opps niether can I XD

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RaiDeR55
on February 9, 2011
11:53 AM

Well there should be a couple of job openings @ Sony now.

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Mizzou
on February 9, 2011
12:02 PM

That's golden, guess Sony now has to serve a subpoena on itself.

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Guest
on February 9, 2011
12:07 PM

do the editors know they just gave the code sequence to milions of people #come at me

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ramonsterns
on February 9, 2011
1:20 PM

Can't wait to see how Sony shoots itself in the foot, THIS time.

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Rasta211
on February 9, 2011
3:48 PM

If you can't beat them, join them? Maybe that's Sony's new approach.

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aj_the_kidd
on February 9, 2011
5:00 PM

what a *******

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matrix86
on February 9, 2011
5:56 PM

Guest said:

do the editors know they just gave the code sequence to milions of people #come at me

That's not the actual code GeoHot made. I know this because one of my friends has the code...and this isn't it. Engadget and Techspt are a little smarter than that, lol.

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aj_the_kidd
on February 9, 2011
6:26 PM

matrix86 said:

That's not the actual code GeoHot made. I know this because one of my friends has the code...and this isn't it. Engadget and Techspt are a little smarter than that, lol.

Bamm, now Sony wants your IP address and your indentity, I imagine Sony agents will be knocking down your door any time now......

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hellokitty[hk]
on February 9, 2011
6:58 PM

Lol.

Though I wonder how hard they'll try to keep that key off the internet.

Everyone knows that's impossible.

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Guest
on February 9, 2011
8:04 PM

Can I repost the key here in the comments section???

Sony are jokes BTW.

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matrix86
on February 9, 2011
8:16 PM

aj_the_kidd said:

matrix86 said:

That's not the actual code GeoHot made. I know this because one of my friends has the code...and this isn't it. Engadget and Techspt are a little smarter than that, lol.

Bamm, now Sony wants your IP address and your indentity, I imagine Sony agents will be knocking down your door any time now......

I'm not the one that has it, though I would be pleased to answer the door and talk to them. I have a lot to say to them...they won't get the info they came for, but they'll get plenty of other info :P

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Xclusiveitalian
on February 9, 2011
10:13 PM

Does it matter the keys are everywhere on google, if anything he was calling them out...epic

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