Geohot Joins Facebook Team After Hacking PS3 And Going “Off Grid”


George Hotz AKA GeoHot

Geohot, the Playstation hacking white rapper with a penchant for making a wonderful fool of himself has joined the ranks of the Facebook workforce.

Geohot is famous for his jailbreaking tools taht include: purplera1n, blackra1n and limera1n. After hacking the Playstation and then calling out the company for his work Geohot went “off grid” for months, only to resurface now with a job at one of the most powerful tech company’s on the planet.

According to a report surfaced by Techmeme’sGabe RiveraGeoHot, real name George Hotz, began working at the company as a software engineer in May and announced his position on June 17th. On June 22nd he then posted:

“Facebook is really an amazing place to work…first hackathon over.”

If you’re not familiar with Geohot, check out his video below:


James Kosur

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