Hector Martin (hacker)

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Hector Martin
Born
Héctor Martín Cantero

1990
OccupationSecurity consultant, hacker

Hector Martin Cantero (born September 9, 1990), also known as marcan, is a security hacker known for hacking multiple PlayStation generations, the Wii and other devices.[1]

Biography[]

Education[]

Martin went to the American School of Bilbao (Spain), where he received his primary and secondary education.[2]

Career[]

He has been part of Team Twiizers, where he was responsible for reverse engineering and hacking the Wii.[3] He was the first to create an open source driver for the Microsoft Kinect[4][5] by reverse engineering[6] for which he was widely credited.[7][8] Sony sued him and others for hacking the PlayStation 3; the case was eventually settled out of court.[9][10] In 2016, he ported Linux to the PlayStation 4 and demonstrated that at the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress by running Steam inside Linux.[11] He has created the usbmuxd tool for synchronizing data from iPhones to Linux computers.[12] In 2021, he created the Asahi Linux project which he has been leading since.[13][14] Martin discovered the "M1racles" security vulnerability in the Apple M1 platform.[15][16]

References[]

  1. ^ Goodin, Dan (2020-05-12). "Thunderspy: What it is, why it's not scary, and what to do about it". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  2. ^ Chegue. "Entrevista a Hector Martín, el castreño que abrió las tripas del Xbox 360 Kinect". www.muchocastro.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  3. ^ "Wii Hacker: Leaked Source Code for Nintendo Gaming Systems Is 'Nonsense'". PCMag. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  4. ^ Martín, Javier (2010-11-11). "'Me gusta trastear'". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  5. ^ Giles, Jim (2010-12-04). "Inside the race to hack the Kinect". New Scientist. 208 (2789): 22–23. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(10)62989-2. ISSN 0262-4079. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  6. ^ "Un español consigue abrir a PC el código de Kinect en sólo dos horas". MeriStation (in Spanish). 2015-02-05. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  7. ^ Hacking the Kinect. Jeff Kramer. Apress. 2012. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4302-3868-3. OCLC 795985020. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-04-24.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ "Hacker wins $3,000 for first open source Microsoft Kinect driver - Update - The H Open: News and Features". H-online. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  9. ^ Hachman, Mark (2011-01-12). "Sony Sues PS3 Hackers". PCMag India. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  10. ^ "Sony/Hotz settlement details surface". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  11. ^ "Konsolen-Hacking auf dem 33C3 - Hacker startet Steam auf Playstation 4". GameStar (in German). 2016-12-28. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  12. ^ Chan, Rosalie. "'It honestly killed the project': Former Google employees speak out about a policy that lets the company claim ownership over code they write for outside projects". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  13. ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "What must be done to bring Linux to the Apple M1 chip". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  14. ^ Salter, Jim (2021-04-09). "Apple M1 hardware support merged into Linux 5.13". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  15. ^ Mott, Nathaniel (2021-05-26). "Asahi Linux Dev Reveals 'M1RACLES' Flaw in Apple M1, Pokes Fun at Similar Flaws". Tom's Hardware. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  16. ^ Goodin, Dan (2021-05-28). "Covert channel in Apple's M1 is mostly harmless, but it sure is interesting". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

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