A Russian hacker who goes by Vortex has successfully hacked the 3.0 Beta 2 firmware for iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 1st Gen. Download the QuikPWN 3.0 Beta 2. This is for Windows users only. Proceed with caution, it can make some of your apps no longer work.
Here's what the text file says which is included with the download of QuikPWN 3.0 Beta 2:
QUICKPWN (Codename "Pwnmetheus") 0.3.0-2 (fw v3.0 7A249g support by Vortex)
Visit http://www.quickpwn.com and http://www.quickpwn.com/forums for support and please subscribe to our site.
This is a GUI created by poorlad for the iPhone Dev Team's QuickPwn tool.
LEGAL
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS", ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY IS GIVEN OR IMPLIED.
This software is copyright the iPhone Dev Team, all rights reserved.
Certain portions of this tool may be released in the near future under
the terms of the GNU Public License, version 3, please check the dev team wiki
for the details of this possible release.
Modification, reproduction and redistribution without written consent by the
iPhone Dev Team is strictly prohibited. You are hereby granted a limited
license to redistribute this package provided all files herein are intact
and providing no monies or fees are charged or solicited during the
redistribution of this application and associated files.
FEATURES
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* Support for FW v3.0 beta 2 (7A249g)
* Jailbreaking and Pwning iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 1G
* Adding Icy
* Replacing boot logos
WARNING
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* Functionality under virtualized environments is not guaranteed.
* iTunes must be installed prior to use.
CREDITS
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* The usual suspects