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Many iPhone owners have heard of George Hotz, or Geohot, as he is best known on the web. If you ask anyone even remotely interested in iPhone hacks, they’ll tell you he’s the guy who hacked Apple’s original iPhone to unlock it for use on multiple carriers.
The feat was impressive at the time Geohot... |
1 May 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Famous hacker George Hotz, also known as Geohot on the web, got himself arrested for possession of marijuana as he was heading to the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. Hotz’s arrest marked the last in a series of busts for carrying pot at the border patrol checkpoint in the small West Texas town. Above... |
15 March 2012
10:21 GMT |
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Hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, or Geohot (as the jailbreak community knows him) has been confirmed as an attendant of the iOSDevCamp 2011 in San Jose, California.
Previously known as iPhoneDevCamp and iPadDevCamp, iOSDevCamp is an annual not-profit gathering where attendees have the main goal of developing iOS... |
18 July 2011
08:52 GMT |
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Recent rumors said hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, also known as Geohot, had been hired at Facebook. Multiple sources now confirm that the iOS jailbreaker and PlayStation hacker is, indeed, working for the giant social networking company.
Geohot is probably best known for his iOS hacks - blackra1n, purplera1n, ... |
27 June 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Former PS3 hacker George Hotz, aka geohot, has donated $10,000, including the remaining money received from people for his legal defence fund, to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of the leading digital rights watchdogs.Geohot was sued by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) in mid-January after rev... |
19 April 2011
09:52 GMT |
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Internet based activist group Anonymous, operating out of the 4chan message board, has announced that it will continue to act against video game publisher and hardware developer Sony despite the legal settlement that the company has reached with George Hotz, aka “Geohot”, the man who has been singled out ... |
14 April 2011
04:37 GMT |
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The legal battle between video games hardware maker Sony and George “Geohot” Hotz, the hacker that was part of a group which penetrated the security systems of the PlayStation 3 home console, has come to an end via an out-of-court settlement and the details of the agreement between the two sides have now ... |
13 April 2011
07:11 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment America, through its legal representatives, and George Hotz, best known under his hacker name of Geohot, have announced that they have settled the suit which they were involved in, registered with the federal court in San Francisco, California.
Sony says that the settlement includes con... |
12 April 2011
05:29 GMT |
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In a surprising move, renowned PS3 and iPhone hacker George Hotz agreed to settle the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Sony on terms that remain unclear.George Hotz, known online as geohot, was sued by Sony earlier this year after he reverse-engineered and published the private keys used by the company to si... |
12 April 2011
02:34 GMT |
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The Anonymous collective has launched a campaign directed at Sony for harassing reputed PS3 hackers George Hotz, aka geohot, and Alexander Egorenkov, also known as Graf_Chokolo.Anonymous, known for its use of unconventional and sometimes illegal methods of protest, as well as its strong views on freedom of informatio... |
4 April 2011
08:40 GMT |
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Sony accuses George Hotz in court filings of intentionally rendering two submitted hard drives non-functional and then leaving the country for South America.At the beginning of this year Sony filed a complaint against iPod and PS3 hacker George "geohot" Hotz claiming violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act... |
25 March 2011
08:15 GMT |
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George Hotz, the hacker who managed to break the security systems on the PlayStation 3, has reportedly fled to South America, of all places, according to a legal document sent by Sony to the court where his trial is taking place.
Sony has been cracking down on all of the hackers involved in hacking its PlayStation... |
24 March 2011
04:45 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment of America has added another line of attack against the hackers that have penetrated the protections of the PlayStation 3 by asking a court to allow a subpoena on PayPal, the online payment firm, seeking information on the account of George Hotz, aka Geohot. A United States District Court... |
18 March 2011
06:33 GMT |
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It only took several days for PS3 hacker geohot to earn the money required for his legal fees from donations made by members of the gaming community.Back in January, Sony filed a lawsuit against renowned iPhone and PlayStation 3 hacker George "geohot" Hotz, and several others responsible for cracking the digital key ... |
23 February 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Renowned iPhone and PS3 hacker geohot has lost another battle in its legal war with Sony today, as the judge refused to rescind an order that forces him to hand over his computers to the company's lawyers.Sony managed to obtain a temporary restraining order against George "geohot" Hotz after he released the root... |
11 February 2011
06:37 GMT |
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A federal judge has sided with Sony and ordered renowned PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz to remove all jailbreaking information from his website and hand over his computer equipment and digital storage media that contains it.Earlier this month, Sony filed a complaint against George Hotz, who is better known online a... |
28 January 2011
04:54 GMT |
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George Hotz aka “Geohot,” one of the hackers involved with the hack of the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony, has said that to him breaking into the platform to add homebrew applications and support for Linux is similar to the jailbreaking of the iPhone in order to get custom made apps on it.
Talkin... |
19 January 2011
13:31 GMT |
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George Hotz, or Geohot, as the iOS jailbreak community knows him best, is facing legal action from Sony, the company whose PlayStation 3 has been successfully hacked by Hotz.
The hacker could have easily avoided the legal backfire from the Japanese electronics manufacturer, had he not released a custom (hacked) Pl... |
12 January 2011
09:28 GMT |
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Sony has filed a lawsuit against geohot and several other PS3 hackers responsible for cracking the digital signing mechanism of the PlayStation 3 game console.At the end of December, during the 27th Chaos Communication Congress (27C3) in Berlin, a group of hackers calling themselves fail0verflow announced a serious f... |
12 January 2011
02:58 GMT |
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The most popular iOS jailbreak tool at the moment, Limera1n by geohot, has been welcomed by the jailbreak community, even though the competitive hacker only had a Windows version ready on launch. Today, however, a Mac-ready build is immediately available for download.Those rocking a Mac and an iDevice that’s ju... |
15 October 2010
06:39 GMT |
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After being forced to break their ETA for the release of Greenpois0n, the Chronic Dev Team have managed to add support for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (4th Generation), iPod touch (3rd Generation), an iPad in an updated version of the tool which, as of now, is available for free download.According to the hackers... |
12 October 2010
05:04 GMT |
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The first iOS 4.1 jailbreak supporting iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, iPad and even the new Apple TV, has arrived courtesy of geohot, who has rolled out an unexpected Limera1n RC1 for those eager to hack their Apple device.Softpedia doesn’t encourage jailbreaking, as it may pose security ri... |
11 October 2010
17:00 GMT |
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Over the past weekend, the jailbreak community was stunned to learn that retired hacker geohot had emerged to release limera1n ahead of the Chronic Dev Team, who had greenpois0n lined up for launch at 10:10:10 A.M on Sunday. Because of geohot, the Chronic Dev Team broke its ETA and went back to the drawing board on g... |
11 October 2010
04:41 GMT |
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Who would have thought? Geohot is back and he’s just released Limera1n, an iOS jailbreak tool “6 months in the making” which supports “iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, iOS 4.0-4.1 and beyond,” according to the hacker.Geohot had previously announced that iOS jailb... |
10 October 2010
08:07 GMT |
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After posting a picture of a jailbroken iPhone 4 on his blog, George Hotz, also known as geohot, announced his retirement from iDevices hacking, saying that it was not fun as it used to be. According to Hotz, who is famous for his Blackra1n jailbreak tool, people were taking too serious something he used to do just a... |
21 July 2010
05:32 GMT |
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Hacker extraordinaire George Hotz (or Geohot, as the jailbroken community calls him) is at it again, going by his latest blog post which shows a brand new iPhone 4 running Cydia, the gateway to unapproved third-party software for iPhone and iPod touch. In short - Geohot has achieved a full iPhone 4 jailbreak. His pos... |
10 July 2010
11:38 GMT |
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A while ago, Softpedia reported that hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, also known as geohot around the web, had registered a domain name for Limera1n. Featuring its own place on the Internet, complete with the raindrop icon, Limera1n is expected to come out as the next-generation jailbreak tool, either for iPhone OS... |
29 April 2010
06:58 GMT |
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George Hotz, an internationally known blogger also referred to as geohot, has secured http://www.limera1n.com/, a web search has revealed. The hacker, notorious for his Blackra1n jailbreak tool, confirmed plans to release an iPad jailbreak tool on April 9th. Now, people believe limera1n is the next-generation (iPad) ... |
26 April 2010
09:00 GMT |
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With the release of the iPad, and the introduction of iPhone OS 4.0, the two “entities” in charge with offering jailbreak tools to the Apple fan base have focused on delivering as soon as possible. There is still some waiting to be done but, apparently, the hackers are pretty much ready to take on Apple&r... |
13 April 2010
14:05 GMT |
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Hacker extraordinaire geohot has confirmed the existence of a new, untethered jailbreak for new-generation Apple devices running the latest iPhone firmware. The updated tool (which is similar to Blackra1n) is not available to the public yet, but when it’s released, it will be able to effectively jailbreak the l... |
26 March 2010
05:37 GMT |
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Those who rely on Geohot’s tools for jailbreaking and / or unlocking their devices still have some waiting time to do, according to the hacker whose recent feats involve breaking into Sony’s PlayStation 3 gaming console. “[...] Don't upgrade to 3.1.3 if you like blackweather,” his latest ... |
12 February 2010
04:07 GMT |
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iPhone hacker and blogger geohot is the first person to successfully hack Sony’s Cell-powered PlayStation 3 gaming console, in what is likely to “ignite the PS3 scene,” according to the hacker. Geohot is responsible for two iPhone hacks freeing device owners from iTunes’ “shackles.&rdquo... |
27 January 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Blacksn0w, a free unlock tool for the latest iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS models, is now live. Available for download from the blackra1n.com website, or by adding the repository http://blackra1n.com in Cydia’s Manage->Sources panel, Blacksn0w is described by its creator as “a super simple jailbreak used ... |
4 November 2009
03:13 GMT |
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Hacker geohot, who is starting to make a name for himself for releasing a very simple and fast jailbreak solution, has just released a new version of Blackra1n, the 30-second jailbreak tool. Blackra1n RC2 now supports all device models, including the newer versions of the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch. Softpedia, however... |
26 October 2009
05:21 GMT |
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Following the release of blackra1n by geohot, a guy going by the screen name of emac2299 posted a video tutorial explaining how to use the jailbreak tool with a Windows computer and any iPhone or iPod touch model. blackra1n is the first tool that can effectively jailbreak iPhone OS version 3.1.2 and it is available o... |
12 October 2009
10:32 GMT |
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Not long after the iPhone Dev Team updated its PwnageTool jailbreak app to support more iPhone and iPod touch devices under iPhone OS 3.1 (3.1.1 on iPod touch), blogger geohot announced a working jailbreak solution for the latest iPhone firmware – version 3.1.2. While PwnageTool 3.1.3 only supports iPhone OS 3.... |
12 October 2009
07:28 GMT |
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Reports have revealed that a hacker has been able to produce a jailbreak tool for iPhone OS 3.1.2, the latest software update for iPhone and iPod touch users from Apple. The tool – blackra1n – can effectively jailbreak any iPhone or iPod touch device, but does not unlock iPhones for use with non-supported... |
12 October 2009
04:22 GMT |
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The appropriate jailbreak tool for iPhone 3G S devices has reportedly been released for the Mac platform as well. Last week, as Softpedia reported the tool’s availability, supported platforms included Windows machines only. This week, a Mac version of PurpleRa1n is available to the public. On Friday, July 3, ... |
6 July 2009
02:38 GMT |
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