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Anonymous Targets Sony over Geohot and Graf_Chokolo Lawsuits

by Jordan Yerman | April 4, 2011 at 11:55 am

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Anonymous Threatens Sony: #OpPayback

Internet activist collective Anonymous is taking aim at Sony. Anonymous posted an open letter to Sony, calling out the electronics giant over its lawsuits against hackers GeoHot (George Hotz) and Graf_Chokolo (Alexander Egorenkov).

GeoHot and Graf_Choloko are charged with violating the DMCA over their PS3 hacks, which allow users to run homebrew applications. Sony is arguing that GeoHot is violating the terms of service for his PS3 account, but Geohot never actually created a PS3 account. GeoHot posted the PS3 root keys on his website, which drove Sony into a frenzy. GeoHot is also a prolific iPhone hacker.

Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC vs Hotz et al

German police raided Graf_Chokolo's house in January 2011, while Sony sued him for publishing the "Hypervisor Bible", the results of his reverse-engineering research on the PS3.

If you disagree with the disciplinary actions against your private parts domains, then we trust you can also understand our motivations for these actions. You own your domains. You paid for them with your own money. Now Anonymous is attacking your private property because we disagree with your actions. And that seems, dare we say it, "wrong." Sound familiar?

Although Hotz denies that his activity in jailbreaking PlayStation 3 firmware violates the DMCA, Sony was awarded a temporary restraining order. Since then, Hotz and Sony have been battling it out in court to determine if the U.S. District Court of Northern California, where Sony wants to try the case, has jurisdiction over Hotz, who resides in New Jersey.

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daniel bart (not verified)

at 11:11 on April 5th, 2011

all hackers need to be lined up and shot they ruin online gaming for everyone else that wants to play fair. its no fun at all when someine is hacking and cheating ahead

Ratchet (not verified)

at 03:43 on April 9th, 2011

You are an idiot Daniel. GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo aren't video game hackers/cheaters, you pillock. They hack hardware to allow users to make better use of the products they have purchased.You seriously think the police are going to raid someone's house because they used an aimbot on a video game? Dipshit.