Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted October 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) There have been reports people have been sending a message that can cause your console to brick and may force you to factory reset. Just getting it is enough to trigger it, even if you don't read it. If you haven't, might be best to set your messages to friends only just to be on the safe side. I already do so just so random people won't bother me. Hopefully Sony addresses it soon. https://www.vg247.com/2018/10/13/ps4-message-exploit-bricking-consoles/ Edited October 13, 2018 by MidnightDragon 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT__Jedi Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Good to know - thanks for the heads up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalChaos72 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I've been getting spam messages like nothing normal this past while, maybe now Sony will get off their arse and fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lance_87 Posted October 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2018 Brick and force a factory reset? Isn't that a little badly worded? Once it's bricked it's bricked. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingFever Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the warning, I've now changed my settings and warned my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDragon Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 13 minutes ago, Lance_87 said: Brick and force a factory reset? Isn't that a little badly worded? Once it's bricked it's bricked. The article’s words, not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT__Jedi Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the article and the link. Set my stuff to private. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lagoon Aris Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Already had my settings on friends only regarding messages, but good to know. Forwarded the link towards one of my friends which had everything open to everyone and she changed it immediately. Thanks for that info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroth4424 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 If you do that, can you receive friend requests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingGuy420 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 There was one a few months ago that screwed up the messaging system, I got hit with that one. I'll be damned if I'm getting hit with another one lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banana_Sausage47 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for sharing. Changed it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_Wizi_X Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 12 minutes ago, sephiroth4424 said: If you do that, can you receive friend requests? Yes. Friend requests and messages stuff are on separate sub-menus. I've set friend requests to Anyone and messages to Only Friends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJROE95 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the heads up, all protected my end now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergen Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I doubt we'd ever see anything like this happen on Xbox... How could Sony really fuck up their network so much that receiving a message causes you to have to factory reset your console? I have made my messages as "friends only" for now, but surely it should be patched out immediately and they should look more into the messages to make sure shit like this can never happen again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1rvine Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) I believe I remember seeing something like this on Apple iPhones. Using some special characters not typically in the alphabet and only found on certain devices confuses the phone to the point it crashes. Edit: Related article. https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/iphone-bug-telugu-unicode-ios-mac-text-bomb/amp/ Edited October 13, 2018 by B1rvine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobThanatos Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 FYI, people can still send messages via friend requests. It's supposedly a Unicode bug. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viech54 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Set my messages to friends only for now. Also deleted some people from my FL that I don't know/never talk to. If anyone of you got deleted & you think you need to be on my FL, message me on PSNP. Edited October 13, 2018 by viech54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phlegeth Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarSideOfSaturn Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Not sure if this is related, a couple of my friends managed to get hacked this past week, their profiles then created a mass group which spams links about free $50 notes/coupons (it was something along those lines). Neither my console or android bricked but maybe it's something else to look out for. It's probably common but it's the first time I've seen it since I created my account almost four years ago. My settings have always been set to friends only, and even then you have to be careful sometimes. So I decided to block my two friends to make sure I'm safe, if they're reading this...sorry guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusKy Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Sergen said: How could Sony really fuck up their network so much that receiving a message causes you to have to factory reset your console? TL;DR version of this would be that handling text is really tricky in general because of historical reasons, different characters sets and different encodings. Might not be even related to Sony's own code but rather a 3rd party library or something else. https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzlanKH Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks, changed privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer-Girl-Noire Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 thanks for the heads up. i thought it was just some kinda bs people where spreading rumors about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scemopagliaccioh Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Yet I still receive friend requests from bots larping as females. Is there any way to stop this 100%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Cheers for the heads up, definitely changing my privacy settings until this is fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locutus442 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the heads up. Made sure my message settings were set to friends only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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