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Eurogamer

George "Geohot" Hotz - the man who hacked the PlayStation 3, among many other things - now works for Google.

Apparently Hotz picked through browser Chrome earlier this year, told Google about it and scored himself a $150,000 reward. Then, they offered him a job.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Well that worked out.

 

[dugdug]

Didn't he get a job at Facebook after the PS3 debacle?

 

[Pixel Beak]

I remember when he had a meeting with Sony and walked through their office dropping food on the floor.

Seemed like a bit of a prat to me.

 

[mug]

I'm going to assume he was in the red after Sony went after him, so good to hear I guess. Sounds like he has aspergers.

 

[RedRooster]

I was just reading that dude's wiki yesterday. His "resume" is impressive, at only 24.

 

[spindashing]

Amazing.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Good for him. Talented man.

 

[Castcoder]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Edit: Was thinking of lulzsec.

 

[Storm Raider]

A hackers dream.

 

[baconcow]

Job at Google is definitely better than jail.

Edit: not referring that he should BE in jail, as suggested in a comment above, just an often consequence of hacking (for means of good or bad).

 

[Portugeezer]

He is currently hacking Google as we speak.

 

[c0de]

Amazing talent this guy has. Author of towelroot, one-click-root for many Androids...

 

[Dr. Kaos]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Because of his intelligence and knowledge, that guy is probably more valuable to humanity than you or me.

He also did nothing to deserve jail, not even remotely. You should ponder the reasons for your apparent hatred of him and come to the conclusion that you need to be more empathetic towards your fellow human beings.

One love.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Why are you so hostile? What did he do to screw the world over?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Congrats

 

[RubberJohnny]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Linux is illegal?

 

[AbandonedTrolley]

Grats to him, was kinda a jerk during the PS3 situation but seems he has his life back on track.

 

[Certinty]

What a guy. At least he's making good use of his talents now.

 

[Easy_D]

He did that? All I remember him for is jail breaking the 3GS

 

[c0de]

Grats to him, was kinda a jerk during the PS3 situation but seems he has his life back on track.

What made him a "jerk"?

 

[theechrisfox]

He is currently hacking Google as we speak.

Or hacking us, probably.

 

[The Albatross]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Wait... continue to fuck the world over... because he unlocked a PS3? "That shit" probably would have never even bothered if Sony didn't claim that the PS3 was unhackable. That's just a challenge to talented engineers. He unlocked it in 5 weeks

"That shit" has also participated in white hat hacking challenges over the last 5 years that have made your devices more secure and given software & hardware engineers more information about device security.

 

[Palpable]

I remember when he had a meeting with Sony and walked through their office dropping food on the floor.

Seemed like a bit of a prat to me.

Wow, on purpose? Dick move if so.

 

[furious]

Geohot stood on the shoulders of giants with regards to the PS3.

Google Project Zero team? Envious barely covers it.

 

[vypek]

Didn't he get a job at Facebook after the PS3 debacle?

Pretty sure he did.

This guy seems quite talented. As a CS student, Im quite jealous. Maybe I should try exploit hunting for money and job offers...

 

[nullset2]

Movie adaptation when?

I'd watch it.

Jesse Eisenberg as Geohot.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

If I was the owner of a tech company and I just witnessed some young dude successfully hack a console that had the toughest security among its peers at the time, I would hire him in a fucking heartbeat. Sending someone with that talent to jail would be a fucking waste.

 

[BronsonLee]

He is currently hacking Google as we speak.

HE'S A FACEBOOK SPY~!

Truth be told though, he's probably helping make their services more secure and such. How do you stop someone from getting in? You hire someone who's better at it to close holes.

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

da fuk
Are you sure you're not thinking of those Lulzsec goobers who got immediately arrested after their dumbass spree, thus proving that drawing attention to yourself is the dumbest thing a 'hacker' can do?

 

[Goon Boon]

Well apparently he lost out on 350 grand from an ios7 jailbreak because someone else released it first, with him claiming the “sale was never going to happen”.

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/12/...suggests-geohot-tried-sell-ios-jailbreak.html

So I guess he got back on his feet after this and leaving Facebook.

 

[Saganator]

Isn't this what happens to a lot of hackers? They end up working for big companies or the government doing security.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Hmm makes sense to me, to stop a hacker you hire a hacker.

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Wait you don't seriously think that he was the guy that hacked PSN? Because I can assure you that it was most likely someone else.

 

[Chesskid1]

always thought it was cool "hackers" get jobs by hacking something then get hired to do security

 

[jimmypop]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Jealousy takes many forms. He's skilled and highly intelligent. I'll leave it to you to appropriately contrast that in front of a mirror.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

wat

 

[impetuous_silly]

To those of you hatin' on this guy: he's not the one that hacked PSN. I thought he was at first.

 

[gdt]

Did that shit get jail or is he just going to continue to fuck the world over?

Damn bad day huh

 

[BronsonLee]

wat

Xia he seems mad, let's give him some Chicken Waffle Tenders from Popeye's and Mountain Dew Baja Blast from Taco Bell to calm him down

Spoiler

We're really giving him Baja Blast because it's terrible swill and could knock him unconscious from how bad it is

 

[XiaNaphryz]

To those of you hatin' on this guy: he's not the one that hacked PSN. I thought he was at first.

I don't see how could anyone confuse the two myself.

 

[antitrop]

Kid's wikipedia page is fuckin' crazy.

 

[daffy]

Xia he seems mad, let's give him some Chicken Waffle Tenders from Popeye's and Mountain Dew Baja Blast from Taco Bell to calm him down

Spoiler

We're really giving him Baja Blast because it's terrible swill and could knock him unconscious from how bad it is

Lmao cold blooded

 

[ComputerMKII]

I think the more important news here is Google's Project Zero.

 

[djshauny]

Congrats

 

[li bur]

This guy sure is very talented. Judging from his "resume" I don't think he had proper educations in computer science and he had done amazingly with his "speciality". Very impressive indeed.

 

[TheContact]

He was my hero during PSP CFW days

 

[JeTmAn81]

The best thing abound this guy is that his cool hacker alias is just his first and last names combined. George Hotz, lol.

 

[impetuous_silly]

I don't see how could anyone confuse the two myself.

I remember them happening at about the same time. In fact, didn't anonymous hack PSN in retaliation against Sony's persecution against GeoHot? The guy doesn't deserve hate, but I do think it's understandable to confuse him with the PSN, hackers.

 

[SephiZack]

I remember them happening at about the same time. In fact, didn't anonymous hack PSN in retaliation against Sony's persecution against GeoHot? The guy doesn't deserve hate, but I do think it's understandable to confuse him with the PSN, hackers.

Yes they happened around the same time and they were kind of correlated

 

[leakey]

Good to hear. Much better than jail.

 

[wiggleb0t]

Good on the guy.
Still plenty of time for a Rap album from him.....