Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[My whole life is a hack: how Geohot owned the iPhone, PS3 and inadvertently rallied hacktivists]]>http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/new-yorker-profiles-geohot/http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/new-yorker-profiles-geohot/http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/new-yorker-profiles-geohot/#comments My whole life is a hack: how Geohot owned the iPhone, PS3 and inadvertently inspired LulzSec

George Hotz is no stranger 'round these parts. Better known as Geohot, he first achieved internet fame at the age of 17 with his announcement of a hardware unlock method for the original iPhone. From there, he moved on to even greater notoriety with a PlayStation 3 exploit that quickly attracted the ire -- and legal wrath -- of Sony. Now profiled in The New Yorker, we're given a candid and unique insight into the world of George Hotz, whereby his own admission, he wasn't motivated by an ideology so much as boredom and the desire to control a system. The freedom issues, it seems, were merely an afterthought.

George Hotz is unique. We're talking about someone who was programming by age five, building video game consoles by the 5th grade and making appearances on NBC's Today at age fourteen. Like many brilliant adolescents, he experimented with drugs and rebelled against authority. Eventually, the powers that be caught up with him, and George Hotz was sued by Sony on January 11th, 2011. The lawsuit drew the attention of malicious hacker groups such as Anonymous and LulzSec, which retaliated against the company in very public ways. However unintentional, Geohot became the poster child for hacktivists and inspired a movement that quickly grew out of control -- if only more of us could be so productive with our boredom. For an insightful read into one of the most influential hackers of our time, be sure to hit the source link below.

My whole life is a hack: how Geohot owned the iPhone, PS3 and inadvertently rallied hacktivists originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 May 2012 04:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Facebook Likes, hires iPhone jailbreaker 'Geohot' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>facebookgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhackerhackinghirejobjobssocial networksocial networkingSocialNetworkSocialNetworkingTue, 28 Jun 2011 22:49:00 EST<![CDATA[SCEA vs. Geohot: Sony wins a not-quite flawless victory]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/11/scea-vs-geohot-sony-wins-a-not-quite-flawless-victory/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/11/scea-vs-geohot-sony-wins-a-not-quite-flawless-victory/http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/11/scea-vs-geohot-sony-wins-a-not-quite-flawless-victory/#comments Well, after all the talk of TROs, tweets, and YouTube user info, it seems that the SCEA vs. Geohot litigation has come to a rather uneventful conclusion. According to Sony's Playstation Blog, the case has been settled, and Hotz has agreed to a permanent injunction preventing him from distributing his PS3 jailbreak hack ever again. Of course, while this settlement has cowed the man who did the initial distribution deed, the jailbreak genie's out of the bottle, and no court order can ever put it back.

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SCEA vs. Geohot: Sony wins a not-quite flawless victory originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Judge in Sony vs. Geohot orders YouTube and others to give up users' personal info originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>copyrightDigital Millennium Copyright ActDigitalMillenniumCopyrightActdmcafail 0verflowfail overflowFail0verflowFailOverflowgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhackhackinghacksjailbreaklawlawsuitlegalplaystation 3Playstation3ps3rulingsceasonysubpoenaMon, 07 Mar 2011 07:11:00 EST<![CDATA[Sony vs. Geohot litigation heats up, SCEA demands YouTube give up Hotz and Fail0verflow's personal info]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/sony-v-geohot-litigation-heats-up-scea-demands-youtube-give-up/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/sony-v-geohot-litigation-heats-up-scea-demands-youtube-give-up/http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/sony-v-geohot-litigation-heats-up-scea-demands-youtube-give-up/#comments Now that Sony has started gathering the evidence it needs via discovery in the lawsuit over Hotz and friends' PS3 jailbreak, the company has dropped a hammer by moving to reduce the amount of time the hackers have to get Sony the information it wants. Sony filed the motion -- which will be heard by the court tomorrow -- to better arm itself with information to oppose Geohot's motion to dismiss, scheduled to be heard in early March. Casting its evidence-gathering net far and wide, SCEA has demanded that YouTube surrender not only information for Hotz's account where his jailbreak video was posted, but also how many users accessed the video, the usernames of those with access to the video, and all usernames and IP addresses of everyone who posted or published comments to the vid. In addition to hitting up YouTube for dirt, Wired reports that Sony has demanded Twitter hand over the personal info of fail0verflow's members -- we're waiting for Sony's lawyers to don TSA gear as the next step in their search. Geohot's attorney thinks the requests seem a bit much, but we think they make sense given Sony's strategy of going after the entire fail0verflow team. While these goings-on make for fairly standard legal tactics, they won't do much for Sony's public image.

Sony vs. Geohot litigation heats up, SCEA demands YouTube give up Hotz and Fail0verflow's personal info originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>copyrightdicsovery motionDicsoveryMotionDigital Millennium Copyright ActDigitalMillenniumCopyrightActdmcafail overflowfail0verflowfailoverflowgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhackhacksjailbreaklawsuitlegalplaystationplaystation 3Playstation3ps3sceasonyTue, 08 Feb 2011 15:56:00 EST<![CDATA[Court grants Sony's temporary restraining order against Geohot, PS3 jailbreak still available everywhere]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/court-grants-sonys-temporary-restraining-order-against-geohot/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/court-grants-sonys-temporary-restraining-order-against-geohot/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/court-grants-sonys-temporary-restraining-order-against-geohot/#comments It looked for a moment like Geohot and fail0verflow might beat Sony's DMCA lawsuit over the PS3 jailbreak on a jurisdictional technicality, but things didn't go their way: the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted Sony's request for a temporary restraining order forbidding Mr. Hotz and his merry men from distributing or linking to the jailbreak, helping or encouraging others to jailbreak, hacking into the PS3 or PSN, or distributing any information they've found while hacking. What's more, they've been ordered to turn over any computers or storage media used to create the jailbreak to Sony's lawyers -- although we've got a feeling Geohot's attorneys will raise a bit of a fuss about that.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Sony's won anything substantive -- it's just proven to the court that the jailbreak will cause it ongoing harm while the case continues, and it still has to actually win its formal lawsuit to collect any damages or a permanent injunction. And let's not forget that forcing Geohot to stop distributing it won't stop anyone else -- in almost an exact mirror of the deCSS case, we're already seeing the jailbreak mirrored all over the internet. Way to learn from history, Sony.

[Thanks, Henry]

Court grants Sony's temporary restraining order against Geohot, PS3 jailbreak still available everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>copyrightdmcafail 0verflowfail overflowFail0verflowFailOverflowgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzinjunctionjailbreaklawsuitlegalps3ps3 jailbreakPs3Jailbreaksceasonytemporary restraining orderTemporaryRestrainingOrdertroThu, 27 Jan 2011 14:11:00 EST<![CDATA[Geohot wins round one against Sony (kinda) -- judge declines to rule on SCEA restraining order (updated)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/14/geohot-wins-round-one-against-sony-we-think-sceas-restrainin/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/14/geohot-wins-round-one-against-sony-we-think-sceas-restrainin/http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/14/geohot-wins-round-one-against-sony-we-think-sceas-restrainin/#comments By now we all know that Sony filed a lawsuit against Geohot and fail0verflow for their distribution of PS3 jailbreak firmware and asked the court for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop said distribution of the offending code. Well, according to Geohot, the court denied declined to rule on Sony's motion earlier today. Geohot has reposted the code online, so it seems safe to say that the TRO is back for now, and the jailbreak can once again roam the internet unencumbered by any legal decrees. The decision, while favorable to the defendants, has little effect on the outcome of the litigation itself, so Hotz and company aren't out of the woods just yet. We'll keep you posted on the status of the order, and will also watch as the case progresses for the real fireworks to start.

Update: Looks like we jumped the gun and got the story a little wrong, but thanks to our readers we've discovered that the judge declined to rule on the TRO. Instead she tabled the TRO issue because she was not satisfied that the Northern District of California has jurisdiction to rule on the matter because Geohot hacked the PS3 in New Jersey.

Geohot wins round one against Sony (kinda) -- judge declines to rule on SCEA restraining order (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Violating §1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which forbids bypassing access control measures;
  • Violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which forbids accessing computers without authorization;
  • Guilty of contributory copyright infringement for encouraging and helping others to crack PS3s as well;
  • Violating the California Computer Crime Law, which is the state computer fraud act (think of this as a backup fraud claim);
  • Violating the PlayStation Network's Terms of Service (which feels meaningless, really);
  • Interfering with Sony's relationships with other PSN customers (also meaningless);
  • Trespassing on Sony's ownership right to the PS3 (this one feels weak) and;
  • Misappropriating Sony's intellectual property (another weak argument, but there in case the copyright argument fails).
Sony's asking the court to forbid Geohot and fail0verflow from distributing the jailbreak and turn over all computer hardware and software that contain the jailbreak code, as well as unspecified damages and attorneys' fees. Yep, these boys done got sued -- and we're sure there'll be some serious fireworks once they lawyer up and fight right back.

Update: And here we go -- Carnegie Mellon professor David Touretzky has posted up the first mirror of Geohot's code as a First Amendment protest, openly challenging Sony to take action. That's moxie -- we love it. [Thanks, Pedro G]

Sony follows up, officially sues Geohot and fail0verflow over PS3 jailbreak originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Geohot releases PS3 jailbreak for firmware 3.55, world ceases to have any meaning originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Geohot demos homebrew on 'jailbroken' PS3, Sony vows to 'fix' via software update (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>fail 0verflowfail overflowFail0verflowFailOverflowgeo hotGeoHotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhomebrewplay station 3PlayStation3ps3root keyRootKeysonyvideoFri, 07 Jan 2011 10:14:00 EST<![CDATA[Geohot teases iPhone 4 jailbreak, no plans for release]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/geohot-teases-iphone-4-jailbreak-no-plans-for-release/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/geohot-teases-iphone-4-jailbreak-no-plans-for-release/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/geohot-teases-iphone-4-jailbreak-no-plans-for-release/#comments Is this the honest-to-goodness iPhone 4 jailbreak we've been waiting for, or just another userland JB? It's hard to say from here... but either way, don't expect Geohot to release it into the wild. In a mildly jaded blog post, the original iPhone hacker makes it clear that whatever he did here was for his own amusement, and judging by the title of that entry ("Meh") the whole breaking-and-entering bit isn't giving him quite the same chuckles it used to. That's a shame, but we hear the iPhone Dev Team is making progress apace, so let's leave Geohot to tackle one of his other promised hacks, mmmkay?

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Geohot teases iPhone 4 jailbreak, no plans for release originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AppleApple iPhone 4AppleIphone4GeohotGeorge HotzGeorgeHotzhackhacksiPhoneiPhone 4iPhone 4 jailbreakIphone4Iphone4Jailbreakjailbreakjailbreakingjailbrokenjailbroken iphoneJailbrokenIphonejbSat, 10 Jul 2010 11:29:00 EST<![CDATA[Geohot advises against updating PS3, will find 'safe way' around losing OS support]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/geohot-advises-against-updating-ps3-will-find-safe-way-around/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/geohot-advises-against-updating-ps3-will-find-safe-way-around/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/geohot-advises-against-updating-ps3-will-find-safe-way-around/#comments In case you hadn't heard, there's a PlayStation 3 firmware update coming this Thursday that'd knock out the "install other OS" option and remove any currently-installed non-PS3 platform. Our guess is it's not going to affect the majority of owners, but the diehard users are certainly up in arms, and no one really likes losing a feature, even if it's rarely used. Leave it to Geohot, then, to right the wrong. Arguably the reason for Sony's reversal (see: PS3 exploit), the famed hacker has published not only a letter of sorrow at the company (unsurprising), but also a call for users not to update. Instead, he claims he will "look into a safe way of updating to retain OtherOS support" and issued a tech-savvy threat about "touching the CFW," much to the company's chagrin (trust us, you don't even want to know what he's talking about here -- far too scary). We wouldn't normally say a war's brewing, but ol' George Hotz has proven himself more than capable at starting something fierce.

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Geohot advises against updating PS3, will find 'safe way' around losing OS support originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3.21exploitfirmwarefirmware 3.21Firmware3.21geo hotGeoHotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhackhacksinstall other osInstallOtherOslinuxother osOtherOsplaystationplaystation 3Playstation3psps3ps3 firmware 3.21Ps3Firmware3.21sonysony playstationsony playstation 3SonyPlaystationSonyPlaystation3Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:04:00 EST<![CDATA[PlayStation 3 exploit released, hackers rejoice]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/playstation-3-exploit-released-hackers-rejoice/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/playstation-3-exploit-released-hackers-rejoice/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/playstation-3-exploit-released-hackers-rejoice/#commentsIn case you ever doubted his feat, or you simply wanted to recreate for sport, iPhone hacker extraordinaire George "Geohot" Hotz has released the exploit code he devised for properly hacking the PS3. This should give any aspiring minglers full memory access, and while he's only tested it with firmware version 2.4.2, he "imagine[s] it works on all current versions." A guide might follow sometime in the future, he says, but if you're really antsy to get your coding kicks, we wouldn't wait up.

Update: EuroGamer's got a pretty thorough piece on what Geohot is claiming to have accomplished and what it means to the community -- and as Joystiq points out, until we see some "Hello World" proof of concept program, we don't quite know the extent of his claims. The guy's got a helluva track record, at least with iPhone, so we presume that's next on his and the community's list of to-do's.

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PlayStation 3 exploit released, hackers rejoice originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>exploitgeo hotGeoHotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhackhacksplay stationPlayStationplaystation 3Playstation3ps3sonyTue, 26 Jan 2010 18:54:00 EST<![CDATA[PS3 finally properly hacked?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/ps3-finally-properly-hacked/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/ps3-finally-properly-hacked/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/23/ps3-finally-properly-hacked/#commentsPS3 finally properly hacked?In a post titled "Hello hypervisor, I'm geohot," hacker George Hotz (already known in the iPhone community) has made a strong claim: that he has cracked the PS3. The system has remained (mostly) uncompromised for over three years now, with a few exceptions here and there. But, this one pledges full read/write access to the entire system memory and complete control over the processor -- all without a mod chip. Has he really done it, if so how, and what comes next? That all remains to be seen. This exploit supposedly "isn't really patchable, but [Sony] can make implementations much harder," meaning he isn't tipping his hat until he's ready, because once he does the never-ending firmware update war begins, and as we've seen on the PSP, Sony can really knock out those updates.

[Thanks, Deepak]

PS3 finally properly hacked? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Out of the box 1.1.3 iPhones now software unlockable originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.1.3applebreaking newsBreakingNewsgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotziphonemobileunlockFri, 08 Feb 2008 04:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Out of the box 1.1.3 iPhones now software unlockable]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/out-of-the-box-1-1-3-iphones-now-software-unlockable/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/out-of-the-box-1-1-3-iphones-now-software-unlockable/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/08/out-of-the-box-1-1-3-iphones-now-software-unlockable/#comments Mr. GEOrge HOTz did it again. He just loosed a world of hurt on AT&T with a software unlock for 1.1.3 iPhones. That's right, the software is said to work on any fresh from the Apple store, shrink-wrapped iPhone sporting the latest 1.1.3 firmware and 4.6 bootloader, something the AnySIM unlock can't do. GeoHot's instructions (and dev / elite team smack talk) posted after the break. We haven't tested yet so, as always, take care.

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Out of the box 1.1.3 iPhones now software unlockable originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.1.3breaking newsBreakingNewsgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotziphoneunlockFri, 08 Feb 2008 04:01:00 EST<![CDATA[1.1.2 iPhones now unlocked... 3 days too late]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/1-1-2-iphones-now-unlocked-3-days-too-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/1-1-2-iphones-now-unlocked-3-days-too-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/1-1-2-iphones-now-unlocked-3-days-too-late/#commentsTeenager George Hotz, aka GeoHot, the original iPhone unlocker is back. In a post to his personal blog he states that he has successfully unlocked a 1.1.2 firmware and bootloader 4.6 iPhone. Better yet, he posts the not-for-dummies version of the instructions to downgrade the bootloader to version 3.9 in preparation for running AnySim. We haven't tried this ourselves so remember, as GeoHot himself states, this hardware method "could brick your iPhone." You haven't upgraded to 1.1.3 already have you? If so, you're stuck with AT&T.

Update: We're now hearing that a software unlock for 1.1.2 / 4.6 iPhones is right around the corner. So don't crack that case just yet kids.

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1.1.2 iPhones now unlocked... 3 days too late originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>1.1.2anysimapplebreaking newsBreakingNewsgeohotgeorge hotzGeorgeHotzhackiphonemobileunlockFri, 18 Jan 2008 08:12:00 EST<![CDATA[1.1.2 iPhones now unlocked... 3 days too late]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/1-1-2-iphones-now-unlocked-3-days-too-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/1-1-2-iphones-now-unlocked-3-days-too-late/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/1-1-2-iphones-now-unlocked-3-days-too-late/#commentsTeenager George Hotz, aka GeoHot, the original iPhone unlocker is back. In a post to his personal blog he states that he has successfully unlocked a 1.1.2 firmware and bootloader 4.6 iPhone. Better yet, he posts the not-for-dummies version of the instructions to downgrade the bootloader to version 3.9 in preparation for running AnySim. We haven't tried this ourselves so remember, as GeoHot himself states, this hardware method "could brick your iPhone." You haven't upgraded to 1.1.3 already have you? If so, you're stuck with AT&T.

Update: We're now hearing that a software unlock for 1.1.2 / 4.6 iPhones is right around the corner. So don't crack that case just yet kids.

[Thanks, fantastico]

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1.1.2 iPhones now unlocked... 3 days too late originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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