German security officials – acting on orders from Sony – have raided the residence of a notable and very talented Playstation 3 hacker known as graf_chokolo.
“Guys, Sony was today at my home with police and got all my stuff and accounts,” chokolo confirmed in an official blog post.
“So be careful from now on.”
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Fortunately, the hacker managed to upload all data related to HV [hypervisor] reversing procedures before the police unceremoniously broke down his door.
“Upload it everywhere so Sony [can’t] remove it easily. Grab it guys, it contains lots of knowledge about HV and HV procs,” he urged.
Unsurprisingly, Sony’s crackdown against graf_chokolo was harshly criticized by TorrentFreak’s enigmax.
“[Yes], Sony has [certainly] stirred up such a hornets nest with their recent action against Geohot and friends.
“[But really], all they’ve done is paint the digital equivalent of a great big target on their chests. Short-sighted? You bet.”
(Via Torrent Freak and PSX-Scene)