rocktrns
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crn.com said:George Hotz, the 21-year-old Sony hacker sued for breaking into the PlayStation 3 console, is now on the payroll at Facebook.
Facebook's hiring of Hotz, known in the hacker community as Geohot, was first reported by the technology blog TechUnwrapped, and later confirmed via Twitter by Gabe Rivera, founder of tech news Web site Techmeme .
Facebook has not disclosed why Hotz was hired, but The Washington Post reported Hotz will be working on the social networking giant’s impending iPad app.
Hotz first started making a name for himself in 2008 by jailbreaking the iPhone, which untethers the device from its carrier and allows it to run on any network, as well as run apps outside of Apple(NSDQ:AAPL)’s App Store.
I though this article was very interesting. I wonder if Facebook is also going to help Hotz with his lawsuit with Sony. Well I guess this is how people in the programming feild get recognized they hack into something and get hired.
What are your thoughts on this?
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