A few years ago, game consoles were considered easy to hack. This certainly makes the headache of technology companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.
Now, security is a very important thing in the world of technology. Unfortunately, Nintendo has experienced hacking, especially its Switch device.
According to reports ArsTechnica, Friday (4/27/2018), hackers are rumored to have found a way to hack Nintendo Switch.
Although Switch has been hacked before, one of the things that make this hack worrying is the hacker claims that the gap can not be patched through the patch.
That is, Nintendo probably could not do anything to patch this gap. Thus, users can download and play a pirated game on the console.
The hacker is referred to as "Fusee Gelee" or Frozen Rocket. What this hack does is exploit the bug code found in NVIDIA's NVIDIA Tegra X1 recovery mode.
This will prevent the software from protecting bootROM. Thus, in theory it will be possible for hackers to run code on the console. Pirated games can be installed and run on the Switch console.
Ubergizmo reported, this gap can not be patched with patch because Tegra X1 bootROM on Switch can not be changed after leaving the manufacturer.
According ArsTechnica, Nintendo has two options to overcome this hacking. One of them is detecting consoles that may have been hacked and locked so that they can not play the game online.
Related to the possibility of hacking on the switch, the Nintendo has not responded.