Console hackers are shocked after DOJ arrests prominent mod-chip makers Team Xecuter’s capture “definitely spooked a lot of people in the community.”
by Kyle Orland Oct 8, 2020 Anyone who follows the console-hacking scene is by now used to the familiar stories of legal efforts to put a stop to the practice. Companies like Nintendo frequently make use of court orders, cease and desist letters, and civil lawsuits to stop the distribution of game ROMs and/or devices that allow those ROMs (and homebrew software) to run on their hardware. Still, some members of the console-hacking community expressed surprise at the recent arrests of Gary "GaryOPA" Bowser and Max "MAXiMiLiEN" Louarn, members of the notorious Team Xecuter hacking group (aka TX). The 38-page indictment, announced Friday by the Department of Justice, also names Yuanning "100+1" Chen, who has yet to be arrested according to the DOJ announcement. The document runs down a laundry list of Team Xecuter's alleged crimes, chief among them designing and selling a variety of products "designed to be circumvention devices that had the purpose of allowing users to play pirated ROMs." ... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/10/console-hackers-are-shocked-after-doj-arrests-prominent-mod-chip-makers/ https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1324026/download _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
