The new nintendo switches begin to arrive in stores without the vulnerability in the processor

Nintendo has been working on its anti-piracy measures ever since a team of hackers managed to find a vulnerability on the Nintendo Switch that allows arbitrary code to run on all current consoles.

Nintendo Switch starts coming to stores with a new processor that is not vulnerable

This vulnerability found is part of the Tegra X1 processor used by the Japanese company, after which Nintendo decided to start using a newer revision of this processor, without the security problem. According to Switch hardware hacker SciresM, some Nintendo Switch units already ship with Nvidia Tegra X1 chips that are protected against the security exploit.

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SciRESM was the same person who warned users that playing pirated games online on the Nintendo Switch can cause users to be excluded from the company's online service. This user believes that Nintendo patched the console's Nvidia chip with a system that prevents the USB recovery error, which was previously exploited by hackers to exploit the vulnerability.

Kate Temkin, who was also part of the team that discovered the exploit, said that the patched consoles include firmware 4.1, which has other vulnerabilities, so they are also not completely safe from hacking, unless they are updated to the version. Firmware 5.0.

Traditionally, Nintendo consoles are the first to fall victim to piracy, a situation that has been repeated again with the Nintendo Switch. Fortunately, the Japanese company has already taken the necessary measures, since piracy is something that can put the future of the platform at risk, something that its buyers do not want.

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