George Hotz, remember him? He's the guy who hacked the PlayStation 3 firmware and made it so that just about anybody anywhere would get their "games" certified on the console. Of course, it also meant that everything could be pirated for a short time. It also led to a bunch of irate hackers bringing down the entire PlayStation Network after Sony filed a lawsuit against Hotz.
Well, it seems "GeoHot" is now working for the social networking giant known as MySpace! Just kidding, we of course mean Facebook.
Just another case of a hacker being picked up big a bit company to find security holes in their system before outsiders do.
Well, it seems "GeoHot" is now working for the social networking giant known as MySpace! Just kidding, we of course mean Facebook.
TechUnwrapped reported on Saturday that Chronic-Dev Team member Joshua Hill first outed Hotz's status at Facebook. During an online interview, Hill stated that Hotz had backed out of an iPad 2 hacking challenge because of his current day job at the social network.
Techmeme's Gabe Rivera later tweeted that Hotz's Facebook profile corroborated Hill's claims.
"Facebook is really an amazing place to work...first hackathon over," reads a June 22 post on Hotz's Facebook wall.
Techmeme's Gabe Rivera later tweeted that Hotz's Facebook profile corroborated Hill's claims.
"Facebook is really an amazing place to work...first hackathon over," reads a June 22 post on Hotz's Facebook wall.
Just another case of a hacker being picked up big a bit company to find security holes in their system before outsiders do.