If you can't beat 'em, join 'em--or, in Facebook's case, hire 'em full time.
According toTechUnwrapped, Facebook now employsGeorge Hotz, the young hacker who has drawn the legal ire of tech giants Apple and Sony. Hotz, who also goes by the online handle "Geohot," is said to be working at Facebook, possibly on asecretive new iPad app.
TechUnwrapped reported on Saturday that Chronic-Dev Team member Joshua Hill first outed Hotz's status at Facebook. During anonline 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'sGabe RiveralatertweetedthatHotz's Facebook profilecorroborated Hill's claims.
"Facebook is really an amazing place to work...first hackathon over," reads a June 22 post on Hotz's Facebook wall.
A Facebook spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
In 2007, Hotz gained notoriety forjailbreaking Apple's iPhone, allowing the handset (and, subsequently, other devices running Apple's iOS software) to be used outside AT&T's network.
Then, in 2010, Hotz published ajailbreak for Sony's PlayStation 3gaming console, which Sony countered with a high-profile suit against Hotz in early 2011. The company eventuallysettledwith Hotz out of court, but their action against the hacker led to a major cyberattack on the PlayStation gaming network that was allegedly carried out by hacktivist collective Anonymous. A host of other attacks on the PSN followed, including one that led Sony to take the entire global network offline for weeks.
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em--or, in Facebook's case, hire 'em full time. According to TechUnwrapped, Facebook now employs George Hotz, the young hacker who has drawn the legal ire of tech gian...
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em--or, in Facebook's case, hire 'em full time. According to TechUnwrapped, Facebook now employs George Hotz, the young hacker who has drawn the legal ire of tech gian...
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