Over the last few months, we've had a bit of fun at the expense of George "GeoHot" Hotz, the floppy-haired, hip-hopping hackster who kicked off The Great PlayStation Network Kerfuffle of 2011 by cracking the PlayStation 3's firmware, releasing the tools for other people to do the same, getting sued by Sony over said tools, and thus inspiring a roving gang of Internet hooligans to start taunting and screwing with the console-maker.

Of course, the shit got a little more real when actual hackers stole actual vital information pertaining to actual PlayStation 3 users. At that point, the whole thing became a lot less funny. Well, Hotz's statements regarding that hack were pretty funny, actually. But the rest was totally serious business.

Anyway, after settling his lawsuit with Sony and making the aforementioned comments, Hotz went into radio silence mode. Evidently, that's because he went and got himself a real damn job.

Confirming a few rumors floating around late last week, Facebook representatives announced today that Hotz has gone to work for the company. His exact role at the company wasn't revealed, but it's presumed that he may be working in the company's mobile division, specifically on Facebook's upcoming iPad app. That would make some sense, given Hotz's previous proclivities toward jailbreaking iPhones.

It's actually a perfect fit, given Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg's own history as an authority-mocking coder back in his college days. One could easily see the two of them becoming fast friends, going on coding dates together and curling each other's hair.

Still, that is a bit of an anticlimactic end to the antics of the gaming industry's own Dennis the Menace. Some of you out there almost assuredly were hoping for more of a Thelma & Louise type ending with Hotz's fellow lawsuit victim Alexander "Graf_Chokolo" Egorenkov (who is still being sued, by the way, and also probably will go to jail), but let's be realistic about this. A nice, quiet desk job at a major social media company is probably more reasonable.

Hey, maybe he can hook his buddy Alexander up with a job, too! You know, so he can pay his legal fees. And, like, not go to jail.

Over the last few months, we've had a bit of fun at the expense of George "GeoHot" Hotz, the floppy-haired, hip-hopping hackster who kicked off The Great PlayStation Network Kerfuffle of 2011 by cracking the PlayStation 3's firmware, releasing the tools for other people to do the same, getting sued by Sony over said tools, and thus inspiring a roving gang of Internet hooligans to start taunting and screwing with the console-maker.

Of course, the shit got a little more real when actual hackers stole actual vital information pertaining to actual PlayStation 3 users. At that point, the whole thing became a lot less funny. Well, Hotz's statements regarding that hack were pretty funny, actually. But the rest was totally serious business.

Anyway, after settling his lawsuit with Sony and making the aforementioned comments, Hotz went into radio silence mode. Evidently, that's because he went and got himself a real damn job.

Confirming a few rumors floating around late last week, Facebook representatives announced today that Hotz has gone to work for the company. His exact role at the company wasn't revealed, but it's presumed that he may be working in the company's mobile division, specifically on Facebook's upcoming iPad app. That would make some sense, given Hotz's previous proclivities toward jailbreaking iPhones.

It's actually a perfect fit, given Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg's own history as an authority-mocking coder back in his college days. One could easily see the two of them becoming fast friends, going on coding dates together and curling each other's hair.

Still, that is a bit of an anticlimactic end to the antics of the gaming industry's own Dennis the Menace. Some of you out there almost assuredly were hoping for more of a Thelma & Louise type ending with Hotz's fellow lawsuit victim Alexander "Graf_Chokolo" Egorenkov (who is still being sued, by the way, and also probably will go to jail), but let's be realistic about this. A nice, quiet desk job at a major social media company is probably more reasonable.

Hey, maybe he can hook his buddy Alexander up with a job, too! You know, so he can pay his legal fees. And, like, not go to jail.

Well that's rather ironic. Kind of.

Let that be a lesson to us all.

I hope he does well, and that he doesn't come back into crime.  Going the straight and narrow might help him grow up a bit.  It's just too bad he probably won't be working on paid apps.  It'd be so ironic if he was the one having his shit stolen.

4th!  I guess it's time for people to crack into his apps.....

thats great

wonder what he'll get up to from here on.

He looks like an even dweebier version of Patrick Klepek. 
  
Sorry I've got nothing constructive to say about this. 

Guy gets job, story at 11.

Ahh, the classic story of the computer hacker getting a legitimate job on the security side of things.  Heard that one a bazillion times and saw it coming miles away. 

alex, your articles continue to be hilarious, keep that up!

This is what I picture the GB community looking like, just fatter.

Hey guys let's rob a bank! We might get security jobs for them in the future!

I hope he does well, and that he doesn't come back into crime.  Going the straight and narrow might help him grow up a bit.  It's just too bad he probably won't be working on paid apps.  It'd be so ironic if he was the one having his shit stolen.

And in a non-related story, Facebook has made a statement that private information of everyone on they system was released to the internet right after the hiring of George Hotz to Trotz.

Let no scumbag go unrewarded.

I wouldn't trust this kid with a real "job", he seems to have this natural instinct to break and not build.

What happen to the "gangsta 4 life" attitude? Kids these days. No respect.

Hiring thievish arseholes is an excellent business strategy. 

It seems like GeoHot had the last laugh. He is making money and Sony is losing it having to hire experts to secure their network. Not to mention the hit that the brand name took. Maybe Sony should have hired GeoHot instead of trying to bully him.

And in a non-related story, Facebook has made a statement that private information of everyone on they system was released to the internet right after the hiring of George Hotz to Trotz.

Is this going to lead to more people openly hacking in hopes of getting jobs?

Hey, he's kind of a dick, but dude is really smart. If he can put that intelligence to use in a productive way and get paid for it, good for him.

Is that Patrick?

@WalkerTR77 said:

Hiring thievish arseholes is an excellent business strategy.

And what did he steal, exactly? I see comments of this nature and it just makes me shake my head at the ignorance. This guy didn't steal anything, nor did he do anything illegal. You think Sony settled because their entire legal team couldn't face up to this guy and his lawyer? They had no case, because he didn't break any laws.

Cancelling my Facebook account now (not joking). 
 
Thanks Facebook!

@zombie007 said:

Is that Patrick?

I really thought so, at first.

This guy is like everyone I hated in high school

@WalkerTR77 said:

Hiring thievish arseholes is an excellent business strategy.

And what did he steal, exactly? I see comments of this nature and it just makes me shake my head at the ignorance. This guy didn't steal anything, nor did he do anything illegal. You think Sony settled because their entire legal team couldn't face up to this guy and his lawyer? They had no case, because he didn't break any laws.

facebook hired someone really good at stealing personal information 

Ah, and here I was hoping he had been arrested by the douche police, for grossly exceeding the doucheyness limit.

Cancelling my Facebook account now (not joking).  Thanks Facebook!

facebook hired someone really good at stealing personal information 

@Toxin066 said:

@zombie007 said:

Is that Patrick?

I really thought so, at first.

Me too. Could be a long-lost bro of his or something.

I feel like some of the LulzSec hate is bleeding into these comments. Hotz just jailbroke shit and acted like a douche. He never stole personal information or hacked anyone.

i hope geo hotz dies of Syphilis and zombies use his body as a toilet.

I need to start hacking websites so I can get a real job to.

I need to start hacking websites so I can get a real job to.

What the fuck did he steal?

Do people actually read these things, fuck

@CL60: That's not why I wrote that, he's not the first guy to land a job for hacking.

For people who are unaware of the epicness of Geohot....

I effin' hate this GeoHotz a**hole. 
 
But...
 
I DO love it when Alex Navarro writes snarky, sarcastic articles about a**holes like this dipsh*t. I mean, it's almost worth putting up with his miserable existence just to read a line like, "One could easily see the two of them becoming fast friends, going on coding dates together and curling each other's hair.". 
 
Almost. Not quite though. I'd still rather see every PSN user out there punch the sh** out of this piece of crap.

He looks like a mixture of Patrick Klepek and Todd Howard.

I was going to make a joke about "Curling each other's hair" but realized Alex wrote this article, not Patrick.

Oh well.

They're both great at disclosing your Personal Information, a match made in heaven.

well maybe this is good for him... I guess... I dont know...

They're both great at disclosing your Personal Information, a match made in heaven.

Time to remove all my info on FB and delete.  Not that it means they won't keep it all on their HDDs forever...