Apple Banninig iPhone Hackers From iTunes App Store?

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The buzz on the net is that two prominant iPhone hackers got blocked from the Apple iTunes store with the message shown above. 
Sherif Hashim, who found an exploit in iPhone OS 3.1.3 posted the following message on his twitter account.

Also another hacker iH8sn0w who is behind Sn0wbreeze a sort of the PwnageTool for Windows also seem to have been blocked.

@sherif_hashim lol, they did that to my ih8sn0wyday[@t]googmail.com too. (right after I posted XEMN)…

It could be a random issue or it could be really Apple going after know hackers. The hackers have used their id depicting the same names for the app store account.
If it is the case, this will be a begining of the end for hacked iPhones? I do not think so. If Apple did so, it will be like them advertising "Buy an Android!", People who own jailbroken iPhones will not be very happy, millions of them!
RedmondPie via Gizmodo

iPhoneOS 3.1.3 version (7E18) Relesed But Expect Trouble WIth Jailbreak and Unlock

iPhone Dev Team 3G(s) Jailbroken snapvoip.blogspot.com
iPhoneOS 3.1.3 released today seem to fix some issues and as you can see from the dialog below,
it improves battery level reporting on 3GS
fixes some issues with third party apps that refuses to launch
Fixes Japanese Kana Keyboard bug that causes app to crash
All good but we are waiting for iPhoneOS 3.2

While I am waiting to update I checked iPhone Dev-Team site and yes, the iPhone Dev Team has issued a warning to owners of Jailbroken iPhones and Unlocked iPhones, specially iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS;

• PwnageTool and redsn0w are not yet compatible with 3.1.3
• There is no estimated release time for compatible tools (please don’t bug us about this).
• Any information we have regarding this update will be posted here.
• You can also follow us on twitter - @iphone_dev

iPhone Dev Team

IPSWTool, Play with your Pwned iPhone or iPod Touch

Having released the PwnageTool, after fooling some people with great pwnage April fools joke, The iPhoneproject people do not seem to be taking any rest.With all the capabilities that the Pwnage tool bring like, the ability to load unsigned firmware onto the iPhones and iPod Touchs allowing for great advances and using the great tools, iPhone and iPod Touch for their full potential. So what could we expect from the team at theiphoneproject? No No Android on it yet!
They said;
"We are happy to announce that IPSWTool is coming to your computer soon!"
"IPSWTool is the next step of building custom firmwares with the style and grace of iLiberty+. With IPSWTool you can create custom firmwares packaged will all the goodies already downloaded and inserted into the IPSW. These custom firmwares can be restored onto iPhones and iTouchs that have already been Pwnd. As you can see from the video / screenshots there are already some great application compilations to install with the BigBoss and CrashX AppPacks. Furthermore there are the thing you'd expect: BSD subsystem, SSH, Installer, and of course Cydia."
Cydia! if you are familiar with Linux, specially Debian or any other distribution that uses APT, you will be a happy camper. Following is a explanation of the IPSWTool; and await for more information about this team and tools!


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