Unstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracy

[Rick]

The Nintendo Switch may soon be a haven for hackers, but not the kind that want your data — the kind that want to run SNES emulators and Linux on their handheld gaming consoles. A flaw in an Nvidia chip used by the Switch, detailed today, lets power users inject code into the system and modify it however they choose....

Source & full article.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/23/u...ndo-switch-opens-door-to-homebrew-and-piracy/

 

[Gunz4Hire]

This is wonderful news (: Checkmate Nintendo

 

[InsaneNutter]

Things are certainly progressing, there's fully functional Linux distros working on the Switch and the atmosphere CFW is progressing nicely.

I need to get some screwdrivers and a usb c to usb cable ordered so I can have a go at launching the test payload on my Switch.

 

[crthead]

Things are certainly progressing, there's fully functional Linux distros working on the Switch and the atmosphere CFW is progressing nicely.

I need to get some screwdrivers and a usb c to usb cable ordered so I can have a go at launching the test payload on my Switch.

Fail0verflow recently released their ShofEL2 exploit as well (on their github)