<Date: 2011-04-11>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
It sure comes as a surprise move from Sony announcing that they have already come to a settlement with George Hotz aka Geohot regarding PlayStation 3 jailbreak lawsuit. According to the official statement, an agreement was reached last month on March 31st in which GeoHot has agreed not to publish the code while admitting that he never intended to make piracy easier. Read more...
Permalink: GeoHot & Sony Settle PlayStation 3 Jailbreak Lawsuit, Silently!
<Date: 2011-03-23>
<Author: Imran>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
Whoa! This Sony vs. George Hotz case has taken an interesting new turn. According to VGHQ, after the judge demanded George Hotz to hand over his gadgets and storage devices, he just ran away to South America instead of complying with the court orders. It also has come to knowledge that the popular hacker lied about not ever having made a PSN account to the court according to the official documents. Read more...
Permalink: George Hotz (Geohot) Runs Away to South America During PS3 Jailbreak Case Against Sony
<Date: 2011-02-20>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
George Hotz aka Geohot, the genius behind the first ever iPhone unlock, the developer of Blackra1n / Limera1n jailbreak tools and the mastermind behind the PlayStation 3 jailbreak has decided to open up a new blog with latest updates regarding Sony Computer Entertainment America’s lawsuit against him for releasing the PS3 jailbreak. After discussing the matter with his lawyers, he has also opened up a donation link to support his growing Legal fees in the fight against Sony. Btw, none of this has stopped him from what he does best as he seems to be eyeing the Windows Phone 7 as his next challenge. Read more...
Permalink: Geohot Sets Up A New Blog, Asks For Donations To Fight Sony’s Lawsuit!
<Date: 2011-01-14>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
Geohot’s latest PlayStation 3 jailbreak made Sony so furious that they filed a lawsuit against him asking courts to block all his publications regarding PS3′s jailbreak code and remove his published work from all over the internet. Yesterday, Geohot was interviewed live on G4′s Attack of The Show regarding this lawsuit. Kevin Pereira from G4TV talked to George about his work as a hacker, Sony’s lawsuit and his plans for other gadgets. Read more...
Permalink: Geohot’s Live Interview Regarding PS3 Lawsuit On G4TV’s Attack of the Show [VIDEO]
<Date: 2011-01-09>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
Just couple of days back, Geohot demoed fully working jailbreak for PS3 firmware v3.55. Today, he has released the jailbreak tool publicly for everyone to join the PlayStation 3 homebrew fun as well as PSN (online) support. However, he has made it clear that no “game backups” or piracy is allowed on his v3.55 custom firmware jailbreak. It is purely for running “signed homebrew” for which new signing tools would be released soon. Read more...
Permalink: Jailbreak PS3 Firmware 3.55 With PSN Support Released By Geohot, Download Now!! [Guide]
<Date: 2011-01-07>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
This definitely could be a huge landmark in the history of Playstation 3 jailbreak scene as Geohot has just brought a fully working jailbreak for firmware v3.55. The firmware will be released in the form of a custom firmware 3.55 .PUP file. However, in an IRC conversation, Geohot says there will be no “peeking or poking” in that custom firmware which indicates there will be no support for running PS3 backups or pirated games. Instead it will purely be a homebrew running heaven! Read more...
Permalink: BREAKING! Geohot Brings Fully Working PlayStation 3 Custom Firmware v3.55 Jailbreak [VIDEO]
<Date: 2011-01-07>
<Author: Hassan>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
The Playstation 3 network has recently been the target of a German hacker group called, failOverflow (also hacked open the Nintendo Wii) and George ‘Geohot’ Hotz (also played an active part in jailbreaking the iPhone) who released the root key for Playstation 3 hacks for everybody to use. All this, in turn, completely dismantled the security of Sony’s Playstation 3 and allowed for many more hacks to follow up. Read more...
Permalink: Sony expresses its ‘awareness’ and concerns over the recent PlayStation 3 hacks
<Date: 2011-01-03>
<Author: Hassan>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
<Date: 2010-12-31>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: PlayStation 3, Sony>
After all the drama revolving around Sony’s EPIC FAIL regarding PS3 security hole which led to the fail0verflow exploit, the genius hacker Geohot makes another comeback and this time helping the PS3 jailbreak scene instead of the usual iOS. He has released a very useful linux based PS3 firmware package decrypter called dePKG that would allow developers to take a look at files such as CORE_OS_PACKAGE.pkg inside Sony’s official firmware (PS3UPDAT.PUP) files right from their PCs. dePKG is ready to be compiled and includes all the required decryption keys. Read more...
Permalink: Geohot Releases “dePKG” PS3 Firmware Package Decrypter [BREAKING NEWS]
<Date: 2010-10-19>
<Author: ICEMAN>
<Category: Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod>
The recent return and release of Limera1n from Geohot was a shocker for most of us. What’s even more shocking to learn now is that he still has some other bootrom level exploit reserved to jailbreak iPhone 5 & iPad 2 or other future iOS devices, all untethered for life! Read more...
Permalink: [JAIL-BREAKING!] Geohot’s New Bootrom Exploit To Jailbreak iPhone 5 & iPad 2 Untethered!?
