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Sony Awarded Dubious ‘Epic Fail’Award At Hackers’ Oscars

6:30PM August 8, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

A Pwnie award was given to Sony at last week’s Black Hat computer security conference’s Pwnie Awards, which looks at the past year’s hacking efforts and awards them with My Little Pony trophies. Sony’s major security breach from earlier in the year was the only hacking incident to be nominated for the top prize. More »

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Report: PS3 Hacker George Hotz Lands Job At Facebook

5:20PM June 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

George “GeoHot” Hotz, famed for his hacking of the iPhone and PlayStation 3 (and subsequent court dramas), has apparently found gainful employment. At social networking behemoth Facebook. More »

Gaming

Geohot: ‘I Sure Am Glad I Don’t Have A PSN Account About Now’

7:40PM April 29, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Not that Geohot, famed PS3 hacker who settled with Sony after they went after him with all their legal might, is laughing at those affected by the PSN hacking. Blogging that he feels sorry anyone affected, he also added that he most definitely isn’t behind the hacking: More »

Gaming

Sued PS3 Hacker Says He’ll Never Buy A Sony Product Again

10:00PM April 13, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

After a court order was issued preventing rapper-turned-hacker George Hotz from ever hacking Sony products again, Hotz has begun a boycott on the electronics giant’s wares. More »

Gaming

Hacker’s Shady Start: Geohot In Middle School

3:00AM April 12, 2011 | Sam Biddle

George “Geohot” Hotz wanted to crack the PS3 – so he did, and infuriated Sony. He’s become a target, globetrotter, and spectacle. But before? He was little tech-inept deviant. Gizmodo’s got his yearbook, and two people who probably signed it. More »

Gaming

PlayStation Hacker Geohot Settles With Sony

1:55AM April 12, 2011 | Joel Johnson

Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz, the man who Sony accused of cracking the PlayStation 3 security, has settled with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). According to a statement issued by SCEA, Hotz has “consented to a permanent injunction” against the information published by Hotz. More »

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Anonymous Targets Sony, Warns Of Penises Stuck In Hornets Nests

5:40PM April 4, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Militant hacker group Anonymous has launched a campaign against Sony, citing the Japanese company’s “unforgivable offence against free speech and internet freedom” after it took legal action against a pair of hackers. More »

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Geohot: I Didn’t Flee The Country, I’m Just On Spring Break, Brah

2:20AM March 26, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Geohot has surfaced in South America! And he’s not hiding from Sony – he’s just chilling the eff out – “Factually, it’s true I’m in South America…I mean, it is Spring break; hacking isn’t my life.” Beer me! [BBC via SlashGear]

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PS3 Hacker Didn’t Flee, Did Hand Over Hard Drives, Says Lawyer

1:31PM March 24, 2011 | Owen Good

The attorney for George Hotz, the hacker being sued by Sony for jailbreaking the PlayStation 3, denies that Hotz fled to South America to avoid a court order and says he has delivered his impounded hard drives as required to a neutral party. Sony, in a court filing, had alleged the drives were delivered with parts missing, and Hotz left the country to avoid providing them. More »

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PS3 Hacker Flees Long Arm Of Sony For South American Freedom

5:36AM March 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The saga of George “geohot” Hotz continues, hurdling deeper into absurdity with each growing unit of acceleration. He fought the law and lost – a judge demanded he hand over his PS3-hack relevant hard drives. His answer? I’m out, bitches. More »