Just a short Public Service Announcement for our users, particularly the ones who like their Homebrew on Nintendo platforms. The Homebrew community tends to be positive and participating in it is a recipe for a good time, but no group of people is free of bad actors with too much time on their hands. We have reason to believe that in the near future we'll see a lot of suspicious uploads of innocent-looking applications that are actually concealed console brickers and viruses. We came across a disconcerting threat against our site, among others, made by a Wii malware creator.

The safety of our users is our number one priority, so we strongly urge forum-goers to be weary of applications uploaded to the site recently, particularly if they come from relatively new accounts. We apologise for this inconvenience, but sadly there is little we can do besides staying vigilant and dealing swiftly with any and all suspicious content.

Stay safe, and keep on Tempin'!

 

[lisreal2401]

Verify wiibrew edits
Only source anything from there outside of what already exists

That's basically all you'd have to do in terms of mitigating something like this. There's probably like 6 teenagers that are bored enough to waste time attempting anything significant with this, the public release would amount to Discord trolls, again, with literally nothing else to do.

If you're trying to mass brick a bunch of consoles, try making it for something that's in active development and not a $20 box that any person with half a brain has been able to mod for the entire decade. You'd at least have some credibility as a fuckstick, not just a fuckstick.

EDIT: You're only keeping this private for 1 week? Come on guys, gotta be more confident than that

 

[Foxi4]

Since when are trolls given a serious time?

Unless there's already reports of bricks floating around, this seems more like seeding FUD to me and oversizing some random trolls who want to get a rise out of people.

As I said, these people have released malware before, so we have to treat any threat they make seriously, particularly when they're aimed against our community specifically. It doesn't hurt to be safe - verifying before installing should be normal practice anyway. We don't want to spread any form of panic, but you can't be too careful, can you?

 

[Alexander1970]

It is not only the bricking Thing....

FEAR is the weapon put on by these people.

To achieve:

All are unsure,nobody does not longer have the confidence in Modding their Wii´s...
This kind of...

 

[DinohScene]

Edgy kids.
Parents should've slapped more sense into them, their parents should've slapped more sense into their parents.

 

[Jiehfeng]

Fucking idiots.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phil-

That's hilarious, have they not heard of audiophile for example? The phile part means love. The phile in pedophile is also love/attraction, pedo is child, child-love.

 

[lisreal2401]

Edgy kids.
Parents should've slapped more sense into them, their parents should've slapped more sense into their parents.

It's weird.

That DS bricker was literally nuked off the Internet for years, but resurfaced once bricking stuff = fun...

god dammit

 

[Foxi4]

It's weird.

That DS bricker was literally nuked off the Internet for years, but resurfaced once bricking stuff = fun...

god dammit

I don't necessarily condone completely nuking these things because there's often a lot to be learned from them, they should simply be kept in containment by responsible parties. In the case of closely-knit communities like the Homebrew community stuff like this gets universally snuffed out pretty quickly. That's admirable, to be sure - people look out for each other.

 

[Mollycule]

Ok, so now the Wii homebrew scene is akin to going to illegal raves and dropping random pills a stranger is selling, could be ecstacy, or could be the last pill you ever take.

Cool, might as well call it all gurnbrew.

 

[Gimzie]

gonna have to put up some wii memorials for this one

really though, as serious as these malware shenanigans are, the way this post is written sounds like a textbook villain of a movie/video game, it's almost hilarious.

 

[Nimrod-002]

oh no, next they will be coming after my gameboys

 

[Foxi4]

gonna have to put up some wii memorials for this one

really though, as serious as these malware shenanigans are, the way this post is written sounds like a textbook villain of a movie/video game, it's almost hilarious.

Their approach certainly sounds like a plot by Dick Dastardly. It's almost cartoonish, I don't understand why their group would "hype things up" like this besides the obvious intention of spreading terror. Now, we're not particularly terrified - we trust our users will heed the warning and won't install any odd binaries they got from a guy in a trench coat behind the dumpsters.

 

[DinohScene]

Their approach certainly sounds like a plot by Dick Dastardly. It's almost cartoonish, I don't understand why their group would "hype things up" like this besides the obvious intention of spreading terror. Now, we're not particularly terrified - we trust our users will heed the warning and won't install any odd binaries they got from a guy in a trench coat behind the dumpsters.

You're underestimating the userbase...

In all honesty, the users with some know how will stay away from it, it's the noobies that will come flooding in.

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Okay, I’m not a developer. Nevertheless: Bricking a Wii to a point where only restoring a NAND backup with something like an Infectus/NAND programmer can help seems plausible to me. I hate something like that.

Posting this warning on the front page is a good thing. But it’s also giving those idiots their five minutes of fame.

If any of those malware authors reads this: I feel bad for you! If you feel the necessity of spreading FUD and/or malware you must have a miserable live.

 

[Jiehfeng]

On the bright side, most of us are not so quick to getting homebrew as soon as they release. If there's something up with one, there will be comments, which is why you always check the comments first if there is any. It sounds wrong, but there will most likely be someone who takes the fall first. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Foxi4]

Okay, I’m not a developer. Nevertheless: Bricking a Wii to a point where only restoring a NAND backup with something like an Infectus/NAND programmer can help seems plausible to me. I hate something like that.

Posting this warning on the front page is a good thing. But it’s also giving those idiots their five minutes of fame.

If any of those malware authors reads this: I feel bad for you! If you feel the necessity of spreading FUD and/or malware you must have a miserable live.

I specifically don't use any names in the post, the Google bot also ignores text in quotation tags, so I'm giving them zero publicity, since I know that's precisely what they desire. They're not getting it from us, their SEO will gain nothing from our little PSA, it's aimed to warn our users only.

 

[DSoryu]

I have a weird feeling that they used the Wii references as disguise, so be careful with any new homebrew (whatever the platform) that surfaces after the 7th, I bet my pocket's money that it will be aimed to the switch scene.

 

[Gimzie]

Their approach certainly sounds like a plot by Dick Dastardly. It's almost cartoonish, I don't understand why their group would "hype things up" like this besides the obvious intention of spreading terror. Now, we're not particularly terrified - we trust our users will heed the warning and won't install any odd binaries they got from a guy in a trench coat behind the dumpsters.

wii terrorism is something fierce, ey?

 

[eriol33]

I cannot believe what I am reading. the darkside of homebrew?

 

[KleinesSinchen]

I specifically don't use any names in the post, the Google bot also ignores text in quotation tags, so I'm giving them zero publicity, since I know that's precisely what they desire. They're not getting it from us, their SEO will gain nothing from our little PSA, it's aimed to warn our users only.

That's very good! Thank you for the explanation.

 

[Deleted User]

Posting this warning on the front page is a good thing. But it’s also giving those idiots their five minutes of fame.

It's almost like a catch-22. You want to let people know so they avoid it and deal wisely, but if you do, you also have the unwanted effect of publicizing them.
EDIT: frickin' ninjas man

I would argue and say that it's good for the newer users at the least.