Over the weekend, PlayStation 4 users began reporting their consoles were being rendered inoperable upon opening certain PSN messages. Sony has since acknowledged the exploit and told IGN it’s "planning a system software update to resolve this problem."

The issue seemingly began this past Saturday, October 13, when reports of the message exploit spread across the internet. In the initial Reddit post, user Huntstark said they received an unsolicited message from a Rainbow Six Siege opponent...

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