With the website selling Switch jailbreaking software, Nintendo claims up to 60 million in compensation per transaction

As one of the major consoles in the world with many attractive games, Nintendo Switch always in the sights of the hacker. To protect your rights, Nintendo constantly have to sue many individuals and organizations that hack or sell Switch hacks. Last Friday, Nintendo continued to sue Uberchips for distributing Switch hacking tools and websites that operate video games. fake game other.​

The first lawsuit filed in Ohio court against Tom Dilts Jr. – operator of the Uberchips website. A second lawsuit on the same day was filed in a Seattle court, accusing several anonymous websites. All defendants are distributing products of the anonymous hacker group Team Xecuter. Nintendo’s attorneys describe it as “an unauthorized operating system… and pirated tools.”​

The interface displays pirated games

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These products allow users to crack Nintendo’s technological protections against unauthorized access and copying. Once they are disabled, users can download pirated operating systems and games. This jailbreak tool is sold for 47.99 USD (about 1.1 million VND), Nintendo is asking these websites to pay 2500 USD (57.7 million VND) for each illegal transaction. mine. The Uberchips site is currently closed for maintenance.​

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This is not the first time Nintendo has resorted to legal intervention to protect its rights. At the beginning of 2018, the company sued some distributors of this tool, and in January this year it won a lawsuit against Sergio Mojarro Moreno. Not stopping there, last September Nintendo also sued Romuniverse site for the same reason. However, it seems that hackers and these websites have nothing to fear from Nintendo’s lawsuits, as evidenced by the increasing number of Switch hacking tool distributors being sued by the company.​