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Héctor Martín Cantero

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Héctor Martín Cantero
Born1990
💼 Occupation
Security consultant, hacker

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

Biography[edit]

Education[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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 has sued him for hacking the PlayStation 3.[9] In 2016, he has ported Linux to the PlayStation 4 and demonstrated that at the 33rd Chaos Communication Congress by running Steam inside Linux.[10] He has created the usbmuxd tool for synchronizing data from iPhones to Linux computers.[11] In 2021, he created the Asahi Linux project which he has been leading since.[12][13] Martín discovered the "M1racles" security vulnerability in the Apple M1 platform.[14]

References[edit]

  1. Goodin, Dan (2020-05-12). "Thunderspy: What it is, why it's not scary, and what to do about it". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-04-27. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. Chegue. "Entrevista a Hector Martín, el castreño que abrió las tripas del Xbox 360 Kinect". www.muchocastro.com (in español). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  3. "Wii Hacker: Leaked Source Code for Nintendo Gaming Systems Is 'Nonsense'". PCMag. Retrieved 2021-04-24. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. MARTÍN, JAVIER (2010-11-11). ""Me gusta trastear"". El País (in español). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  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.
  6. "Un español consigue abrir a PC el código de Kinect en sólo dos horas". MeriStation (in español). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2021-04-27. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. Hacking the Kinect. Jeff Kramer. Apress. 2012. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4302-3868-3. OCLC 795985020. Search this book on
  8. "Hacker wins $3,000 for first open source Microsoft Kinect driver - Update - The H Open: News and Features". H-online. Retrieved 2021-04-24. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. Hachman, Mark (2011-01-12). "Sony Sues PS3 Hackers". PCMag India. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  10. "Konsolen-Hacking auf dem 33C3 - Hacker startet Steam auf Playstation 4". GameStar (in Deutsch). 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2021-04-27. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  11. 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.
  12. Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "What must be done to bring Linux to the Apple M1 chip". ZDNet. Retrieved 2021-04-24. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  13. Salter, Jim (2021-04-09). "Apple M1 hardware support merged into Linux 5.13". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-04-27. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  14. May 2021, Nathaniel Mott 26. "Asahi Linux Dev Reveals 'M1RACLES' Flaw in Apple M1, Pokes Fun at Similar Flaws". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2021-05-26. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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