Sony has recently been under the fire for not addressing the rampant message bug which has caused many PS4 consoles to break down. Apparently, there is an exploit in the messaging system of PSN when certain characters are sent to users via message their PS4s get bricked prompting them to factory reset their system and potentially lose their data. We have written an article on how to fix the issue but it seems like an official fix may have finally arrived. Today, PS4 System Update 6.02 has been released.
Sony Has Released PS4 System Update 6.02
For the past few weeks, Sony has found itself in hot waters when players started reporting a message exploit that caused their consoles to brick. The way it worked was that a person would send you a message containing special characters, upon opening the message your PS4 will either freeze or show the blue screen of death. Either way, the only fix to get your PS4 working would be to factory reset it causing you to lose all your data. However, community members did come up with a fix later on it was still a major problem.
Today, with the release of PS4 System Update 6.02, we are certain that the message exploit has been dealt with. Although Sony is never keen on providing patch notes for their system updates we assume that if anything warrants a system update, it is most likely the message bug.
We will update the article if the patch notes ever surface. right now only the following line of text is what is shown.
This system software update improves system performance.
This is all we have right now, feel free to leave us a comment and tell us what you think about the latest update.