In particular, hackers are using the console ID of PS3 owners. One of the first to report on this breach was the Spanish YouTuber, TheWizWiki, back in April. The user claims that this breach could result in millions of PS3 owners getting their consoles banned.

If your Playstation has been banned or suspended then you will see an error code when you try to sign in to the Playstation Network. If you see the error code WS-37338-4 then the console has been banned from the network entirely.

The only way you can get your account unbanned is to contact PlayStation customer service and plead your case.

A reported breach of a Sony folder containing the serial ID numbers for every PlayStation 3 console appears to have led to users being inexplicably banned from the platform. It appears threat actors have started using the stolen PS3 console IDs for malicious purposes, causing the legitimate players to get banned.

Jailbreaking is not illegal but it is something that Playstation wants you to avoid so they put pretty stiff penalties on you for doing so. If you get caught with a jailbroken PlayStation, you are bound to be banned from the network.

If your PlayStation account was banned by Sony, it can be banned anywhere from 7 days to indefinitely. You should have received an email from Playstation letting you know exactly how long it has been banned for along with other details.

Normally PlayStation will start with a small one or two days suspension if you are breaking a rule just to let you know about the issue. Which means if this is your first time being suspended your best bet is to probably just wait for the suspension to lift in a couple of days.

When you jailbreak, you’ll lose access to the PSN. Jailbreaking is permanent and once you have done it to your console, even if you unjailbreak your console, PlayStation can tell and will still ban you and if you were already banned then they will not unban you even if you remove the jailbreak.

Jailbreaking allows you to install mods, cheats, third-party applications, and games that you normally can’t use on the PS3. Keep in mind that jailbreaking your PS3 is against Sony’s terms of use, so you won’t be able to go online while the jailbreak is active without risking being permanently banned.

While it may not come immediately if you get reported, PlayStation will not hesitate to suspend or ban your account. You can be suspended for 7 days, 14 days, or even a month, for swearing. If you have repeated suspensions you may get a permanent ban from PlayStation as they have given you many warnings.

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