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On October 22, news broke that the Switch 2 had been jailbroken for the first time. This meant that it was—kinda—possible to mod and dump games on the machine, which in the past would have opened the floodgates to third-party operating systems being installed and an accessible piracy scene. But not this time. Due to…

The Nintendo Switch 2 first jailbreak is now out of commission, as Nintendo patches the system vulnerability it targeted

YouTube is already running on the Nintendo Switch 2 thanks to a recent jailbreak. By •

A developer has published a software-only jailbreak for the Nintendo Switch 2. Called “ns2jb,” the exploit works on Switch 2 firmware 23.0.1, allowing users to run homebrew software and modify Mario Kart World.

Security researcher Sammy Hajhamid’s tethered Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreak enables file access and homebrew, prompting modding and reports of game assets and files being extracted. No full game dump has been verified, and the exploit requires a PC and stops when the console restarts.

The console jailbreaking scene is moving faster than ever, and Nintendo’s the latest company to feel the effects. After the PlayStation 5 jailbreak that unlocked firmware version 13.60, hackers have scored an early win on the Nintendo Switch 2, using artificial intelligence to build an exploit that allows homebrew apps, game mods, and save backups.…

The Nintendo Switch 2 has reportedly been jailbroken, with footage surfacing online of custom characters in Mario Kart World. However, the exploit has several limitations. Here is what we know about the reported Switch 2 jailbreak.

Sony has issued a new PlayStation 5 firmware update amid the homebrew community’s ongoing effort to jailbreak the console.

Recently, there has been progress in finding a PS5 jailbreak for the latest 14.10 firmware. Homebrew developer Gezine has now shared a video showing access to the console’s debug settings. While dumping games still faces obstacles, the news reintroduces a piracy threat as the GTA 6 release date approaches.

Before generative artificial intelligence took off, the process of jailbreaking a video game console was a slow, tedious ordeal. That’s not the case anymore.