"Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity [music and movie download] services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently," reads the salient portion of the statement.

"To avoid this, consumers must immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation 3 systems."

What the statement doesn't address is the question some have about hacking the PS3 to run alternative operating systems like Linux. Sony originally allowed and supported Linux installs with an "Other OS" option, but removed it a few years later over "security concerns."

While hackers have probed the PS3's security routines for years, they've never fully "unlocked" the device until recently, when iOS jailbreaker George "Geohot" Hotz , allowing anyone to decrypt and sign PS3 code.

Sony's was initially silent about the hack, but in mid-January against Hotz and others involved in reverse-engineering the root security code. Today's PlayStation Blog announcement marks the first direct public statement addressing the issue, as well as specifying what'll happen if you're found in violation of Sony's PlayStation Network "terms of service" and "user agreement."