Hackers find an ‘unpatchable’ way to breach the Nintendo Switch

Security researchers from ReSwitched have discovered a Nintendo Switch vulnerability that could let hackers run arbitrary code on all current consoles. Dubbed Fusée Gelée (Frozen Rocket) it exploits buggy code in the NVIDIA Tegra X1s USB recovery mode, bypassing software that would normally protect the critical bootROM. Most worrisome for Nintendo is that the bug appears to be unpatchable and could allow users to eventually run pirated games.
The exploit involves kicking…Read more