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Twitter says he distributed pirate ROMs that would brick Switches unless he was paid a monthly ransom.
by xh-dude 3y ago
Twitter says he distributed pirate ROMs that would brick Switches unless he was paid a monthly ransom.
- drewcoo 3y agoI didn't see mention of bricking here. It sounded more like everyone (Nintendo & DoJ) was upset about piracy. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/2/21499297/team-xecuter-selling-nintendo-hacks-arrested-charged-fraud https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/2/21499297/team-xecuter-sel...
- ohthehugemanate 3y agoWell that definitely makes him an asshole, but not a prison-and-then-life-of-crushing-debt asshole. Is copyright law really this fucked, that someone was extradited and made an example for selling a ransomware chip?
- pfych 3y agoI can only find one source on this that isn't extremely recent[1]. It seems like it would only brick the device if you pirated and used an illegitimate copy of the custom firmware. [1]: https://wololo.net/2018/06/25/nintendo-switch-team-xecuters-sx-os-has-functionality-to-brick-your-console/ https://wololo.net/2018/06/25/nintendo-switch-team-xecuters-...