George Hotz

Programmer, Person

1989 –

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Who is George Hotz?

George Francis Hotz, alias geohot, is an American hacker known for unlocking the iPhone, allowing the phone to be used with other wireless carriers, contrary to AT&T and Apple's intent. Additionally, he developed the limera1n jailbreak tool, which used his limera1n bootrom exploit. He is also noted for hacking the PlayStation 3 and subsequently being sued by and settling with Sony. He is currently a student at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Born
Oct 2, 1989
Glen Rock
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bergen County Academies
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
Employment
  • Google

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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