Sony Hiring PS3 Hackers?

[Nujui]

A hacker named Koush got an e-mail, which is real, from Sarah McRae who works on a onsite at the Talent Acquisition department.

Here is the pic of the e-mail and source.

Source

 

[xist]

Ooooh Lookie

http://uk.linkedin.com/company/sony-comput...ainment-america

 

[Nujui]

Ooooh Lookie

http://uk.linkedin.com/company/sony-comput...ainment-america

Ah, I didn't know that.

I will change it now.

 

[Zorua]

That guy's Indian so I'm kinda proud that Sony wants to personally hire him!

 

[AlanJohn]

... Hackers will be payed to make the console unhackable... WTF?

 

[Zorua]

... Hackers will be payed to make the console unhackable... WTF?

Ever heard of 'Ethical Hacking'?

 

[Coto]

It´s always like this.

At least they´re now hiring people instead of sueing

 

[HotSauce23]

Tons of companies do this..who better to make your product secure then the people who know how to hack it.

 

[AlanJohn]

It´s always like this.

At least they´re now hiring people instead of sueing

... Why can't Nintendo do this?

 

[redact]

Haha, shutdown!

 

[mad567]

It's simple Sony hires Hackers to make the console less hackable...

But what sony doesn't know is that what locks it can certainly unlock

 

[Slyakin]

If this is real... Wow, the guy just gave up a perfect job opportunity. Stupid move; Now he'll be stuck in his mom's basement forever.

This does have a chance of being fake though. I don't think Sony would ever reach out to hackers after this mess.

 

[Nujui]

If this is real... Wow, the guy just gave up a perfect job opportunity. Stupid move; Now he'll be stuck in his mom's basement forever.

This does have a chance of being fake though. I don't think Sony would ever reach out to hackers after this mess.

Well, I don't know if it's fake or not, but the person is part of sony.

 

[Slyakin]

Doesn't mean that it's real.

Anyone can spoof an email or name and just email someone else.

 

[spinal_cord]

If this is real... Wow, the guy just gave up a perfect job opportunity. Stupid move; Now he'll be stuck in his mom's basement forever.

I wouldn't call it a stupid move, he is showing that he will not work for SONY because of how they treat people like him. If you belong to a specific group, no matter what that group is, and a company goes way above and beyond to cause trouble for that group, would you work for them, knowing how they treat your friends?

 

[TheDarkSeed]

Those idiot's should've hired geohot when they had the chance.

 

[cwstjdenobs]

Ever heard of 'Ethical Hacking'?

Yes, it involves a sense of openness and sharing, and basically not fucking with other peoples shit in such a hypocritical way you won't get working for Sony Any one going to work for them will most likely be just another Sony cracker, sorry I mean dev, working on their next gen rootkits...

 

[SuperMarioMaster]

Wat.

Before they were coming to your house and taking your PS3 away for hacking, and now they're hiring you to hack it?

Madness, I say.

 

[fabi280]

I wonder because I didn't know that Koushik is doing other stuff than hacking (Android-)Phones and Tablets

Nothing mentioned on his blog...
http://www.koushikdutta.com/

 

[Maedhros]

If this is real... Wow, the guy just gave up a perfect job opportunity. Stupid move; Now he'll be stuck in his mom's basement forever.

I wouldn't call it a stupid move, he is showing that he will not work for SONY because of how they treat people like him. If you belong to a specific group, no matter what that group is, and a company goes way above and beyond to cause trouble for that group, would you work for them, knowing how they treat your friends?

Who cares about the others? If I was a hacker on the scene right now and was called by Sony, I would go. I wouldn't give shit about the others.
That's exactly what Geohot was expecting. He got a sue, instead. =)