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> He distributed Nintendo's private signing keys to customers

No, he didn't.




The TX mod was designed to use XCI files, which required a signing key to run right? Their firmware had no way to launch software without keys.


They patched out the signature checks from the firmware.

Nintendo's private keys are stored in HSMs, theres very little chance of them getting stolen.


You never know, Sony's private keys were found because they failed to implement ElGamal correctly (reused the nonce, making it possible for the signing key to be determined from two official signatures). I doubt you'll find any of their secrets encoded directly in the binaries they ship, but a company as old-fashioned as Nintendo will probably run into crypto trouble at some point.




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