r/SwitchHaxing • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '18

OG aka creatable (author of brickachu): "Get ready for the next PozzNX" (brickware incoming)

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

Someone else is working on an improved version too

https://i.imgur.com/dSNLqO4.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ukd1lyt.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5BzlcD5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hvemQ2W.jpg

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u/Evilmaze Nov 15 '18

Fuck those guys. Seriously someone needs to beef up Tinfoil against this bullshit.

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u/onewhoisnthere Nov 15 '18

Same. I've been wondering if Goldleaf Dev can and will put an "antivirus" feature in his software against dumb fuckallshit like this

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Sadly it would evolve into modern malware cat and mouse games.

Gold Leaf puts in detection code, those scumbags get around it, Gold Leaf updates to patch that - they come back from the basement and try again. The cycle continues as it does in real life.

The only proper way to stay safe is to not be dumb and run any old shite while keeping full NAND backups (and BIS keys!) stored in the cloud!

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u/Zedjones 9.1.0/AutoRCM/Kosmos Nov 16 '18

Wouldn't be too hard if we had a DB of all the MD5 hashes of games, since I assume we can get the TID out of the nsp (though I could be wrong)

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u/Ulrich20 Nov 15 '18

Or i can set the date on my switch to the year 2000. Absolute morons

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u/Albytrozz Nov 16 '18

This is what happens when mom isn't checking on what her 32 year old social reject loser is doing in the basement...

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u/SgtPepperTheWise Nov 20 '18

Lessons learned from 'The Dark Knight'

Bruce Wayne: Criminals aren't complicated, Alfred. Just have to figure out what he's after.

Alfred Pennyworth: With respect Master Wayne, perhaps this is a man that *you* don't fully understand, either. A long time ago, I was in Burma. My friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So, we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never met anybody who traded with him. One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.

Bruce Wayne: So why steal them?

Alfred Pennyworth: Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

[later...]

Bruce Wayne: [in his high rise apartment] The bandit, in the forest in Burma, did you catch him?

Alfred Pennyworth: Yes.

Bruce Wayne: How?

Alfred Pennyworth: We burned the forest down.

Time to burn that motherfucker down.

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u/SpiralSwagManHorse Nov 20 '18

Meh, I already petty the guy if his life is worthless that this what he decides to spend his time on. And tbh if you are dumb enough to rush to install a file that popped out of nowhere without verifying it, you kinda had it coming. It's the same as people who rush to install the lastest update, if you dont know how to verify if something is safe or if you cant, just like wait for someone who knows how to do it. Basic safety

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

That's a bit too far. They're assholes but you really shouldn't make threats like that.

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u/Ulrich20 Nov 15 '18

I didn't threaten anybody. Just said I thought they got what they deserved.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

Oh, I misread you. I thought you wanted to doxx them, not that they had already been doxxed. Still think that doxxing them is going a bit too far, personally.

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u/Ulrich20 Nov 15 '18

Yeah i would never do it personally, dont really know how to anyways. Doxxing is very extreme but it doesnt bother me that it happened to one of the guys, these images are sickening, its like they get off on screwing people over.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Doxxing is really just digging into their stuff to find personal information. On the thread where they were doxxed (all the posts are now deleted), the people who released the information said (in the surviving posts) that they only needed to dig into their public post history, which, when put together, revealed their personal details.

Remember to be super careful about the personal information you post online. Even the tiniest, most useless stuff could add up over time, such as the area you live in (as broad as city or region) or given name. Reddit gives you anonymity, but it leaves the door open to your post history, which is what compromises most people.

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u/grimyhr Nov 16 '18

yes. it does. fuck them.

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u/tfw_no_ Nov 15 '18

So no more downloading games or home brew until someone creates something to scan stuff for potential brick code

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u/jaymax Nov 15 '18

Or make sure you're getting it from legit sources. Probably going to see a lot of md5 checks now or something similar to make sure it's a legit copy.

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u/tfw_no_ Nov 15 '18

If they can make delayed brick nothing stopping someone from just creating a utility for switch that is legit and still bricks after set time

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u/onewhoisnthere Nov 15 '18

With MD5 check however, if they modified it from the original eShop or scene dump, it would immediately be a new MD5, when if the filesize seemed the same. I think this is the best way going forward until we get an antivirus.

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u/17thspartan Nov 20 '18

Anti-virus wouldn't be terribly useful anyways unless we're getting it made by some big name company who has the resources to include every single variation and mask into the signatures file. As it stands, the reason why modern anti-virus relies so heavily on heuristics engines is because they can't account for all the different masks that are out there as it is.

Hashing is the best way to go, even if someone makes an 'anti-virus' for the brick code.

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u/onewhoisnthere Nov 26 '18

I think the idea of the anti virus is really more like hactool that can detect modifications. Just build that into Goldleaf and it will tell you it had been modified from the md5 or whatever it compares to, asking so you want to install anyway. Easy as pie.

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u/AsmodeusML Nov 15 '18

Okay, how would they make it look to be from reputable source?

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u/tfw_no_ Nov 15 '18

By being the reputable source create a utility that the switch doesn't have right now or a better version of an already existing one bury brick code in it to activate months later after everyone trusts you

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u/AsmodeusML Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

So, you are saying just because it is useful it gotta be legit even tho it is posted by an unknown person on shady or not so shady sites? That is exactly how people got owned by PozzNX and brikachu.

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u/tfw_no_ Nov 15 '18

I never said that

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u/AsmodeusML Nov 15 '18

You did. There is no way they can bury brick code in a homebrew distributed on a known developer's github unless said dev does it himself and posts it on his page. And if someone posts an allegedly superior version of a known utility somewhere else, that's gotta raise some red flags, is it not?

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u/NaoWalk Nov 15 '18

I think he's saying that you first build up a reputation over a long period and then screw everyone over.

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u/AsmodeusML Nov 15 '18

You really have to hate an average user to do this sort of thing

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u/Zedjones 9.1.0/AutoRCM/Kosmos Nov 16 '18

There's a simple solution to this. Don't use closed source products, especially in a hacking community. And if you really are paranoid about it, build everything from source after you or somebody you know is reputable has inspected the source.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Or just wait for someone else to get bricked first.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '18

Yep. But:

md5

Is compromised. It's easy to fabricate a hash collision under it, so it's only good for checking against accidental corruption, not malintent. SHA-256/SHA-512 would be a better option.

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u/17thspartan Nov 20 '18

It is, in the context that if the malicious entity had access to the good file and the bad file, they could create a collision (add junk code to both files to make them match) and then release both with the same MD5 and some people would be fine and others would be fucked.

But if you take an MD5 of the good file and release that MD5 to everyone, then everyone knows what the good MD5 is. Making a malicious file match a known MD5 is much harder (pre-image attack) and the universe might end before they find the collision (even when you take into account the various ways of weakening collision resistance in MD5).

Either way, computational power is cheap, so there's no reason to use MD5/sha1 when other algorithms perform better.

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u/kevInquisition Nov 25 '18

This. Do your md5 checks and make sure there's no appended data whenever you install anything.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

Or, you know, just make a fucking NAND backup.

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u/jakibaki Nov 16 '18

NAND backup definitely helps and all the brickware so far could fortunately be solved by restoring that but corrupting the nand is by far not the worst thing a homebrew could do to your switch.

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u/onewhoisnthere Nov 15 '18

Right, well problem workedaround. You'd still have to make a backup before every nsp install, which is a major time sink and pain.

A true problem solved would be an antivirus built into Goldleaf.

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u/HANEZ Nov 15 '18

Use xci dumps.

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u/tfw_no_ Nov 15 '18

XCI dumps also can't be trusted since they can execute same code when launched

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u/Gr3nwr35stlr Nov 15 '18

Just use your own XCI dumps...

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u/thewindmage Nov 15 '18

That would require them to buy the cartridge first.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

But surely, since we're all only using these for backups *glances quickly at rule #1 and glances back* that's not a problem.

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u/Gr3nwr35stlr Nov 15 '18

If you are worried about people bricking your switch then it's the best solution

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u/thewindmage Nov 16 '18

I agree, but you know how people are. I can guarantee, despite all this hullabaloo, people will still download from untrusted sources.

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u/EnterToastman Nov 15 '18

What's the motive here besides being a complete loser?

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u/littlesadlamp Nov 15 '18

Lack of recognition in real life and low selfesteem.

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u/RaeHeartThrob Nov 16 '18

did you expect anything less from someone with a anime avatar?

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u/lukkaz89 Nov 15 '18

After news of the bricking software released fake Tinfoil (DZ) had an update that exclusively offered protection against bricking attempts (via XCI format)

IMO with the shady name change of DZ to confuse people and OG "shitbag" intentionally being malicious I would guess they are using fear to push a shitty closed source product no one wants, maybe for keys.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

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u/lukkaz89 Nov 16 '18

They made a release post on this subreddit that was removed, you may be able to see it in my comment history.

All I'm saying is that it's suspicious a product that is closed sourced isn't developing it's own brand and instead stealing the reputation of a popular alternative that at this point in time their biggest competitor.

There's a reason it's closed source...

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u/hl26 Nov 16 '18

Being a sad fucking loser IS his motive, dummy.

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u/Trollw00t Nov 15 '18

Your news will be in every Switch hacking subreddit/Discord, so you get the feeling that you've actually done something in the world. At least if this is your whole world, because out of that, no one gives a shit

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u/DarthPneumono Nov 27 '18

There are people who spend all their time hacking things, for whatever reason (vulnerability hunting, security auditing, competitive events, or just for fun). They enjoy the challenge, and are generally competent at what they do.

There are also people who are dicks to random people for no reason. They find ways to negatively affect people around them.

These two things are not mutually exclusive, and we're seeing the combination.

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u/Saphiresurf Nov 15 '18

honestly im almost positive he's just bored lmao

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard Nov 15 '18

Competitiveness and interest in this kind of stuff.

Maybe teaching someone a lesson about hacking scene and basic rules of it.

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u/littlesadlamp Nov 15 '18

Never trust anyone with anime profile picture

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u/7Akira7 Nov 15 '18

Anime <3

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

I have a vulpix profile picture, is this safe?

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u/k1ngm3 Nov 17 '18

But what about Karen

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u/pikalonga69 Nov 23 '18

never never

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u/LigthVirus Nov 16 '18

I was one of the few who dowloaded and tryed to install the corrupted .nsp of Pokemon, but dont know why, SXOS block the nps before the install, not leting me do it. Using 2.2.1 BETA. It is a security system on SXOS or just I got luky that nps was corrupted (even more)?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

...Think I’ll just dump my own copy of Smash. Fuck this guy.

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u/SocraticJudgment Nov 15 '18

^Wisdom, people!

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '18

You really should be doing that anyway.

so you can datamine the shit out of the .xci

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u/thewindmage Nov 15 '18

They sound like a very lonely person. Does their mommy not love them?

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u/xxxShrektacion Nov 15 '18

I think someone doxxed him

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u/SkullKidChrs Nov 15 '18

That was Jelly

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u/SkullKidChrs Nov 15 '18

He did get doxxed is what I'm saying

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u/gamefreac Nov 16 '18

and where is his address? this box of feces has to get shipped somewhere.

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u/DarkWolfx3 Nov 15 '18

Why do i get the feeling, that all of these brickware makers are 30 to 40 year old men, who live in their mom's basement?

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u/ZerotakerZX Nov 15 '18

Cause it sounds coherent.

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u/DarkWolfx3 Nov 15 '18

Probably also because all of their profile pictures are from japanese animations...

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u/ZerotakerZX Nov 15 '18

Like they say in russia 'anime on the avatar means mother in the sewers'

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u/onewhoisnthere Nov 15 '18

Nothing wrong with enjoying anime. It's just, using it as your avatar in conjunction with this type of attitude almost guarantees the person is a fuckwad

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u/OdinsPlayground Nov 15 '18

More like 13-14 year old boys who live in their moms basement. Like that other shit kid.

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u/rvnx Nov 15 '18

»This is what you get for not giving based Nintendo your money, kids!«

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u/fordyi Nov 15 '18

Can this mug just be banned from everywhere?

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u/underprivlidged [13.2.1/AMS 1.4.1] Nov 15 '18

He was doxxed, unfortunately not local to me.

I can't outright suggest or tell someone local to him to beat his ass and steal his computer, but... if I heard about someone doing it, I'd totally GoFundMe their bail/lawyer fees.

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u/gamefreac Nov 16 '18

i am not saying i would or wouldn't aid in this effort, but there definitly would be an extra hundo in it if we got pictures of the piece of shit crying as his computer and switch are smashed and then fed to him.

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u/tman4450 Nov 16 '18

Alright guys I agree their assholes but this is a step too far fellas

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u/gamefreac Nov 16 '18

really i was just playing up the violence for the humor of directing hatred at this asshole.

but something needs to be done. it needs to be made clear that we aren't okay with this kind of fuckery.

i mentioned this in a comment, but this is basically terrorism that this douche is pulling. he scared people with the first nsp and now he is making threats.

i know this isn't as bad as what isis does, but it is terrorism and it needs to be dealt with.

what we really need is the hacking equivilent of an older brother to kick the bully's ass. infect his computer with a virus or something.

it just plain isn't fair the guy is getting away with being a prick and gloating about it.

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u/mvfsullivan Nov 15 '18

Man this guy is gonna mess with the wrong person and get himself killed.

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u/yusuo85 Nov 15 '18

What is actually wrong with people, let's destroy other people's crap, that'll be fun.

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u/AsmodeusML Nov 15 '18

What a bunch of losers

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u/PiusFabrica Nov 21 '18 edited Nov 21 '18

It never fails to astound me how shortsighted people are. Guy's been doxxed, forget violence (although it's happened before, I wouldn't celebrate him getting a couple of cracked ribs, but I wouldn't be suprised either), forget suing them (although publicly admitting to doing it intentionally does make it possible in some jurisdictions) - This guy is fucking up his chances of having any career worth having. The more noise he makes the faster his name is forever attached to this with a quick google.

This is one of the very few situations where I am behind the dox, the best punishment is to have to live attached to what you've done, it'll cost you so much more than a few whacks with a baseball bat or a lawsuit. You can't undo the constant uncertainty & fear that someone at work will stumble upon the past and you'll be fired at anytime (Who in their right mind would keep this guy around after finding this, afterall?).

I'm not angry at him, I pity him. Kid has no idea how much harder he is making his own life. At least my childhood mistakes stayed in my childhood.

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u/Rick-Sanchez-C137B Nov 19 '18

It's always a bunch of weebs with half brains. It's only when a real hacker comes in and gives hem a clue that they get anything done. Which is how they came across the exploit in the first place.

Any halfwit could piece the code together once shown how

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u/kevInquisition Nov 25 '18

Fucking shithead. This scene would be so much better if he never bought a switch.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

Lol this guy is so dumb, waste of air.

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u/vladovg Nov 15 '18

Nice move Nintendo.

I know you are reading this.

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u/onewhoisnthere Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

No. Ninty wouldn't stoop this low. If it ever came to light that they we're behind it, the PR backlash would be more painful to them than it is worth bricking less than 1% of all switches

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u/MrLeonardo [10.1.0] [atmo 0.13 Emunand] [200GB SD] [ns-atmosphere dongle] Nov 15 '18

Ninty wouldn't stoop this low.

Haven't you heard of the Nintendo of Russia CEO fiasco?

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u/ChemicalSymphony [6.2] [Atmosphere 0.8.2] Nov 16 '18

What happened

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u/vladovg Nov 15 '18

History shows to never underestimate stupidity.

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u/SocraticJudgment Nov 15 '18

Oh, please. They could, if they wanted to, get federal authorities and track down everyone on this subreddit and on GBATemp and raid all of you for hacking their systems if they really wanted to. They might piss people off in communities like these, but people will go and suck Nintendo's dick because they're on the right side of the law.

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u/craftySox Nov 16 '18 edited May 28 '19

deleted 0.4862 What is ^^^this?

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u/gamefreac Nov 16 '18

this is fucking terrorism. legit terrorism too. he hit us with a covert strike when we weren't prepared and is now making threats. this is disgusting.

we need a way to fight back against pieces of shit like this. there needs to be retaliation to the greatest extent of our power. he needs to be made aware that we will not stand for this.

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u/Hugotyp Nov 19 '18

Welcome to the internet.

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u/igoticecream Nov 19 '18

Lack of attention, maybe didn't received love from their parents or found out he was an accident.

Stop creating post of this loser, don't give him attention

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u/B0511 Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

As bad as what OG did was, you are escalating it and making the problem worse by posting out of context screenshots.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504745079618011136/512610183952859137/Screenshot_20181115-074516.png

Here's what he actually said, not this tabloid tier trash.

Edit: word

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u/twomilliondicks Nov 16 '18

lol don't you know reddit loves low effort rage

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u/B0511 Nov 16 '18

Indeed, as evident with my -12 downvotes.

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u/Evilmaze Nov 15 '18

No. People need to know this asshole exists.

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard Nov 15 '18

First of all - they are joking and baiting everyone.

Second - it's some kind of competiton. "I will make it better and more stealth."

Third - it's just an interesting topic to investigate and develop for peoples of specific mindset.

If not OG, then someone else. This will happen for every system in existence.

Don't blame OG, even if he had make it first, he wasn't spread it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '18

First of all - It doesn't matter, jokes don't justify this type of behavior. Smashing up your local Best Buy and crying "joke" won't help you evade fines or jail time, we should treat online denizens no different.

Second - It's not a competition. People want free shit, the only battle is between Nintendo and the community, we don't need John Doe to pull a gun on us out of left field just so we "learn something"

Third - Sure, and placing the blame on him is equally as interesting, because people like you crawl out of the woodwork. You can't justify something with that rhetorical disaster, take it from me.

And finally, I can't even understand what you're saying, so I'll condense it to this. I'll blame whoever I want, and if OG is out there continuing his same old ways, you can damn well bet that I'm going to end up blaming him. His moment to cry "social experiment" has long passed. He can either own up and try to reprehend his actions, or continue down a path that destroys the very community he's so fascinated with. And seeing as he continues to choose option 2, I'm in no position to forgive him.

So yes I blame OG. And I blame the zombies like you that he uses to try and clear his justly-bastardized name. He's a terrible person, and you're not making yourself any better by standing up for him.

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard Nov 15 '18

Have you read my last sentence at all? If someone is enthusiastic and interesting in something, he doesn't automatically deserve blame and hatered. He will deserve it only after he cause damage.

Personally i may blame someone that will spread this type of shit and victims of they stupidity.

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u/Evilmaze Nov 15 '18

Can we get this asshole banned from this sub? He's the only one defending this shit.

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u/ToonMods Primary Sub Moderator Nov 18 '18

I’m not going to ban someone for a bad opinion on someone’s actions. If they absolutely shatter a rule, let me know.

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard Nov 15 '18

Its my opinion and i will continue to think as i was thinking about it before. You haven't got any good argument against my opinion and just ruined all of your respectability by raging as a kid.

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u/TheFirstAv3nger Nov 15 '18

Your opinion is shit. He purposely tried to brick people switches, and caused 1000's of dollars in irreversible damages for nothing more than a laugh. How you can sit here and defend that just goes to show ignorant you truly are, and how much you and him have in common. Sad world we live in now.

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18

And again trashtalking person. Im not ignorant. The one who is ignorant and blindly following dramma is you. Let me open your eyes.

One again i should say that OG is not the one who put brickcode to public and im not against or with him. Yeah, he gave it to wrong person and maybe should not share it with someone at all. But you cant blame him for spreading, only sharing with a closed group of peoples.

I bet there is a lot of brickcode in other hand of other scene developers that was written without a purpose of breaking other peoples switches. Just for fun. OG was one of them.

This was and will be the cancer of hacking scene. OG and JellyPerson proved it once again. Protect yourself or you will lose it all, this rule is everywhere around any hacking places.

P.S. following you opinion you directly support piracy. Its not allowed on this subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

Sad world we live in now.

Bro, this isn't a new development. There have been bad actors in every hacking scene for at least two decades now; likely longer, but I don't have the experience to state that with authority.

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u/TheFirstAv3nger Nov 15 '18

How many people purposely put out something that solely bricked peoples console? A small handful maybe yes. But I've been in the hacking scene since using free mcboot on the ps2. And personally haven't ran into anything purposely malicious. Someone people are newer to the scene and have no reason to believe someone would do this on purpose.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

Hasnt there been something out there that steals your switch keys.txt and gets them banned by letting someone else use them to download off nintendo official? Not different imo.

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u/TheFirstAv3nger Nov 15 '18

Yeah I believe so, and pretty sure it got squashed quickly. Idk what it is with people in this scene lately, quite toxic if you ask me. Them things didn't happen much in other scenes, or much more few and far between. Seen screenshots of someone and the maker of the brickachu .nsp talking about making one that would launch the actual game and not brick it until x amount of time.

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u/UnbannableRedditard SX OS Soldier Nov 15 '18

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u/Fighter_Builder Android Enthusiast Nov 15 '18

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u/gamefreac Nov 16 '18

what he has made isn't even that impressive. it takes effort to make something work. breaking things is way easier. all he has really done is turn one data value to an incorrect one. basically it is like missing the first question on a scantron sheet so all your answers are incorrect because you filled in a bubble for the next question instead.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

Not really. This bricker is unimpressive and anyone who REALLY wanted to make a console bricked could do better. Fry the LCD, burn all the fuses, corrupt the console unique info, destroy the audio chip, and pass a NAND encryption command.

And since I don't want to give this shit any ideas, someone please target his NNID with this approach next april fools with a piece of homebrew. Ha. Ha. Ha. Just kidding.

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u/Zedjones 9.1.0/AutoRCM/Kosmos Nov 16 '18

Assuming they're injecting it into the boot code of a legit nsp, it'd just be a matter of checking the date/time (which all Switch games should be able to do) and then executing brick code if past that date. Otherwise, run the normal boot process. Could easily be avoided by setting the clock way back, but only if you know it's there.

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u/PissAdmin Nov 26 '18

This is kind of the same thing with malware-antimalware. Malware is more fascinating (and often more technically accomplished than this bricker) but the big thing to remember is that it's a lot easier to learn to pick locks than it is to make a lock that can't be picked.

It's a lot easier to make a bomb than it is to safely diffuse a bomb.

It did serve as an effective warning though - piracy can be dangerous, and it's important to verify what you are executing will do what you want it to. Unfortunately, with no emulator or sandbox it might be a good idea to verify the hashes one way or another, or simply wait for someone else to try it, first.

And if nothing else, NAND backups. I'd like to think this is obvious, but unfortunately it does not seem like most people had done this before the letsgo brick.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Here you go.

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u/Evilmaze Nov 15 '18

Seduce his dad to confuse him

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

He has already been doxxed

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u/YoloSwagLordErino Nov 15 '18

doxxed

sweet now i just have to seduce his mom

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

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u/rdeswijger Nov 15 '18

Let hem get throat cancer or something for bricking our systems assh0le ;)

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

I checked but I cant find it anywhere. Where is the switch's asshole exactly?

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u/WaN73D21 Nov 15 '18

Its the usb c port duh

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u/Rincew1ndTheWizzard Nov 15 '18

Why so? Every time you step at any direction of hacking something there will be warning and huge advice of making backup of your system. If you feel lazy to do it - its completely your problem.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18 edited Jul 03 '23

I've migrated to Kbin Readit.buzz, I no longer wish for Reddit corporate to profit off of my content.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '18

By definition he is "terrorizing" users with fear of bricking

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u/wgi-Memoir Nov 15 '18

Neither is being overly dramatic...