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=== A quick look at the beginning... === | |||
The Wii hacking story started with Team Twiizers (A.K.A fail0verflow), their name came from the exploit they used... The Tweezer attack! | |||
==== How it works : ==== | |||
Let's see how the Tweezer attack works, when the Wii switches to the GameCube mode it prepares the memory first by cleaning a specific bank of it, but the problem with that is that there is still some residual data left! The Team Twiizers used tweezers to switch between memory banks by shorting some data lines, which enabled them to access the residual data referred to earlier, which finally lead to them getting the encryption keys. | |||
===== The First Homebrew-Ish : ===== | |||
Now with the encryption keys in his hands, Bushing made the first homebrew for the Wii, which consist of a Wii Remote monitor. | |||
A video demonstrating that is available on the WiiDatabase YouTube channel. | |||
Sources found:https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-early-history-of-wii-modding.243461/ | Sources found:https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-early-history-of-wii-modding.243461/ | ||
Revision as of 20:10, 13 April 2025
A quick look at the beginning...
The Wii hacking story started with Team Twiizers (A.K.A fail0verflow), their name came from the exploit they used... The Tweezer attack!
How it works :
Let's see how the Tweezer attack works, when the Wii switches to the GameCube mode it prepares the memory first by cleaning a specific bank of it, but the problem with that is that there is still some residual data left! The Team Twiizers used tweezers to switch between memory banks by shorting some data lines, which enabled them to access the residual data referred to earlier, which finally lead to them getting the encryption keys.
The First Homebrew-Ish :
Now with the encryption keys in his hands, Bushing made the first homebrew for the Wii, which consist of a Wii Remote monitor.
A video demonstrating that is available on the WiiDatabase YouTube channel.
Sources found:https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-early-history-of-wii-modding.243461/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/part-of-the-wii-hacking-history-summer-2008-to-2009.521275/
probably check failoverflow