wonder how many games Soleron has 'backed up'

You create a CFW with a patch that replace some of the original files with modified files of the same name. Its the only way to trick the system into thinking its legit. Once that done, then yes you can also script your own files to add features to the CFW.

True, but that is not illegal.

Those patches modify the firmware - but geohothacker is not the person that offers those full modified files for download. It's a fine line and it hasn't been crossed. All the modifiying is done at the user end, if I'm wrong please correct me as I have done the hack myself and that's how it works from my understanding.

You do need a modified file to get the PS3 to accept the hacked firmware, but that file isn't provided by geohothacker etc (in this case).

underlined i like how you tired to make it sound less serious , yes he relased information.......information that was illigal
to release...... hens the police

Why don't you do some research on hackers before making mis-informed comments.  Hackers have made computers what they are today and without them, we would be years behind what we currently are.  Bill Gates and Steve Jobs started as hackers.

I am once again baffled by how many people are supporting Sony on this. A guy is known to have been hacking his PS3 and has released none of his work online. Sony busts him because he is known to have been working on hacking his PS3. As a result he releases all his findings to the world(which is a dumb move by Mr. hacker). How can anyone support Sony in this? I hope Sony gets sued into obivion for all this shit.

Its already 2 months in to the year and Sony is a front runer for both the dumbest and shittiest company of the year.

You do realize that many of the people in the tech industry were hackers at some point. There are even CEOs of some of the biggest computer companies that were hackers. Probably a good number of people who designed the PS3 or worked on its components were hackers at some point. Who do you think designed the security for the PS3 and most everything else security related, hackers most likely.

Wow, if this keeps up, the word "hacker" will soon be the word not to be uttered by anyone.

Let's be clear here. What this guy has done is reverse engineer an existing product. Reverse engineering doesn't involve modifying the internals, because that would affect the end results. What he's doing is treating the hypervisor drivers as a "black box", inputting some info and seeing what comes out of it, and drawing conclusion that way.

Reverse engineering is perfectly legal, hell is even protected under law, as it's used for research purposes. Sony's software was never compromised in this case. They'r ejust mad that somebody is using it in a way that they don't like.

Dude he is an accessory. You need to get a clue. He did something illegal, you know something that is against the law.

EDIT: If he exploited the HV for personal use then yes that is legal for him. But to upload it for all to have, knowing that this can and will lead to illegal activities and then publicly admitting his actions, makes him an accessory to any piracy that follows the uploads. Sony has a case for both geohot and now this guy. 

Question: Are emulator programmers classed as an accessory to piracy? Think long and hard now, because there have been actual court cases on this issue...