George Hotz

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What Wikipedia says

George Francis Hotz (born October 2, 1989), known online by geohot, is an American security hacker, entrepreneur, and software engineer. He is known for developing iOS jailbreaks, reverse engineering the PlayStation 3, and for the subsequent lawsuit brought against him by Sony.

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