Pirate group release Switch Master Key

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Underground piracy scene release group known as BigBlueBox (BBB) have just released a master key for the Nintendo Switch.

In their 60th Nintendo game cartridge dump - a process where the group rips all of the data from a retail Nintendo Switch cartridge and then uploads it to the internet, is an .nfo file, an information requirement when packaging illegal warez. It is in this file that BBB have revealed the first of 32 Nintendo Switch Master Keys, used for firmwares 1.0.0-2.3.0:


Code:
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ÛÛÛ                                                                         ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ   ÛßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛ   ÛÛÛ
Û²Û   Û                        Proudly Presents:                        Û   Û²Û
Û²Û   Û          Dragon Quest Heroes I II for Nintendo Switch           Û   Û²Û
Û²Û   Û                                                                 Û   Û²Û
Û²Û   ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ   Û²Û
ÛÛÛ                                                                         ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ                          Release Information                            ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ                       ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß                          ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ      þ Date ............  þ  ......  þ   01/02/2018              þ      ÛÛÛ
Û²Û      þ Platform ........  þ  ......  þ   NSW                     þ      Û²Û
Û²Û      þ Region ..........  þ  ......  þ   JPN                     þ      Û²Û
Û²Û      þ Publisher........  þ  ......  þ   Square Enix             þ      Û²Û
Û²Û      þ Imagesize........  þ  ......  þ   32GB Cart               þ      Û²Û
ÛÛÛ      þ File Name .......  þ  ......  þ   bbb-h-babka.xci         þ      ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ      þ Game ID .........  þ  ......  þ   0100CD3000BDC000        þ      ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ      þ Game Revision ...  þ  ......  þ   1.0.0                   þ      ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ      þ .................  þ  ......  þ   ...................     þ      ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ      þ Languages .......  þ  ......  þ   Ja                      þ      ÛÛÛ
Û²Û      þ .................  þ  ......  þ   ...................     þ      Û²Û
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Û²Û    ÛÛ                                                             ÛÛ    Û²Û
ÛÛÛ   ÛÛ                        Release Notes:                         ÛÛ   ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ  ÛÛ                 Time for another Switch release                 ÛÛ  ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ ÛÛ                  So Nintendo Switch needs Heroes                  ÛÛ ÛÛÛ
Û²Û ÛÛ           its February 1st and this is our #60 release            ÛÛ Û²Û
Û²Û ÛÛ        so let us share something very special with you all        ÛÛ Û²Û
Û²Û ÛÛ                                                                   ÛÛ Û²Û
Û²Û ÛÛ            MasterKey0:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX            ÛÛ Û²Û
ÛÛÛ ÛÛ                                                                   ÛÛ ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ ÛÛ         Thats right, the Master Key for Firms 1.0.0-2.3.0         ÛÛ ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ ÛÛ             maybe as time goes on more keys will come             ÛÛ ÛÛÛ
Û²Û ÛÛ                                                                   ÛÛ Û²Û
Û²Û ÛÛ          Other Keys are required for the following firms          ÛÛ Û²Û
Û²Û ÛÛ                      MasterKey1: 3.0.0                            ÛÛ Û²Û
Û²Û ÛÛ                      MasterKey2: 3.0.1-3.0.2                      ÛÛ Û²Û
ÛÛÛ ÛÛ                      MasterKey3: 4.0.0-4.1.0                      ÛÛ ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ  ÛÛ                                                                 ÛÛ  ÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛ   ÛÛ    that is all for now, Biggest Switch game so far though     ÛÛ   ÛÛÛ
Û²Û    ÛÛ                       Enjoy as Always                       ÛÛ    Û²Û
Û²Û     ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß     Û²Û
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Û²Û         Û  Greetings to everyone who likes to play our games  Û         Û²Û
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Glad I have both systems, always stay on the lowest firmware you can regardless of a higher version being "safe".

During Spring, Team Xecuter are planning to release a modchip that is solder/solderless for the Switch which is regardless of firmware and possibly @fail0verflow would release their bootrom exploit once the modchip is released.
 
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During Spring, Team Xecuter are planning to release a modchip that is solder/solderless for the Switch which is regardless of firmware and possibly @fail0verflow would release their bootrom exploit once the modchip is released.
Welcome to gbatemp. I see you're new here. Every point you just mentioned has been discussed for weeks here already in multiple threads. That's the nicest way I can think of saying, "nothing new here mentioned by you. Search the forum first."

I'm just trying save you from some of the "less mature" responses that your post might elicit. We don't want to scare you off.
 
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Welcome to gbatemp. I see you're new here. Every point you just mentioned has been discussed for weeks here already in multiple threads. That's the nicest way I can think of saying, "nothing new here mentioned by you. Search the forum first."

I'm just trying save you from some of the "less mature" responses that your post might elicit. We don't want to scare you off.
They were just trying to inform someone who seemed unaware.
 

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Well that was quick. Or maybe it wasn't, I don't know. Either way, does anyone know how they actually dump the carts? I would assume that they desolder the cart reader from the switch, solder it to a Franken-SD, and hook it up to a computer, but I'm not sure. Also, are switch carts encrypted?
 

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Welcome to gbatemp. I see you're new here. Every point you just mentioned has been discussed for weeks here already in multiple threads. That's the nicest way I can think of saying, "nothing new here mentioned by you. Search the forum first."

I'm just trying save you from some of the "less mature" responses that your post might elicit. We don't want to scare you off.

I'm saying this to people that are unaware of this. thanks... :glare:
 

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Holy shit.
What the fuck.
*insert "Unbelievable!" comment here*
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Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!
Ninty just got a KillSwitch!
And is gonna give us some BullSwitch!
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Oh, no.
Fuuuuuuuu-
 
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In more basic terms: having a master key for a firmware lets you decrypt anything a switch on that firmware could decrypt, on your PC.
Interesting, so it's like boot9 keys on 3DS?
it will be helpful for extract games without any switch (I wait for a 2.0 switch (like ds with dsi, 3ds with n3ds and warez solutions to get one).
Btw and offtopic, what's switch isos extension?
.iso, .nsw ?

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"Master Key" lol
This choice of terminology is known to make noobs spontaneously combust with excitement at first sight.

I think it was chosen on purpose for that reason.
Kids are like
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Interesting, so it's like boot9 keys on 3DS?
it will be helpful for extract games without any switch (I wait for a 2.0 switch (like ds with dsi, 3ds with n3ds and warez solutions to get one).
Btw and offtopic, what's switch isos extension?
.iso, .nsw ?

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.nfo
homebrew uses .nro
 

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