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McCaulay
Personal blog · mccaulay.co.uksecurityprogramming
McCaulay is a personal blog at mccaulay.co.uk about security and programming. Since 2023, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Mast1c0re: Introduction – Exploiting the PS4 and PS5 through a game save”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this as the introductory post for a multi-part series on modifying PS2 game save files through the Mast1c0re exploit.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development
Most-linked posts?
- Mast1c0re: Introduction – Exploiting the PS4 and PS5 through a game save3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-02-09
- Mast1c0re: Part 1 – Modifying PS2 game save files2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-09
- Mast1c0re: Part 2 – Arbitrary PS2 code execution2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-11
What Hacker News says?
Introductory post for context: https://mccaulay.co.uk/mast1c0re-introduction-exploiting-the...
Comment linking /mast1c0re-introduction-exploiting-the-ps4-and-ps5-through-a-gamesave/
on “Mast1c0re: Part 1 – Modifying PS2 game save files”Submitted Mast1c0re: Part 2 – Arbitrary PS2 code execution as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mast1c0re: Introduction – Exploiting the PS4 and PS5 through a game save as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mast1c0re: Part 2 – Arbitrary PS2 code execution as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mast1c0re: Part 1 – Modifying PS2 game save files as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mast1c0re: Introduction – Exploiting the PS4 and PS5 through a game save as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mast1c0re: Part 1 – Modifying PS2 game save files as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
