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  "title": "Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip 'broken wide open' after 26 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/original-sony-playstation-2-security-chip-broken-wide-open-after-26-7862972",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:49:40.000Z",
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        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets",
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        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "PlayStation boycott over Sony's disc-free future fails to move the needle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/playstation-boycott-over-sonys-disc-free-future-fails-to-move-the",
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