Sony's hacker headache will have cost it $171.1 million, and while it isn't entirely clear what provoked the numerous cyberattacks against the company, one popular theory is its legal action against PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz. Now, it appears as if Hotz has left behind the underground hacking scene in favor of a new position at social-media kingpin Facebook.

　　First reported by Techunwrapped, Hotz's employment at Facebook was revealed by a member of the Chronic-Dev Team, who reportedly said that Hotz had declined a challenge to hack the iPad 2. Apparently, after Hotz settled his legal tiff with Sony, he had a strong desire to stay out of the hacking-scene limelight.

　　George Hotz has apparently gone legit. Techmeme later reported that Hotz began work at the social networking company in May, having announced the job through his private Facebook page on June 17. The one-time hacker is reportedly part of the team that's building a Facebook App for the iPad.

　　Hotz first shot to notoriety in 2008, when he released a method for unlocking Apple's iOS devices, allowing iPhone and iPod Touch users to run homebrew applications and use a carrier other than AT&T. As a response to Sony's decision to remove the Other OS option from the PS3, Hotz released a similar hack for the game console in January.