User:HunterMario/History of Switch Hacking
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2017
March
The Nintendo Switch launches worldwide
December
Hackers plutoo, derrek, and naehrwert attend 34c3 to discuss Nintendo Switch security.
2018
January
Hacking group fail0verflow posts a video of a scroller running on the Nintendo Switch revealing ShofEL2, a bootrom exploit that can run unsigned code. Since this exploit exists in the bootrom (a hardware chip), all Switches up to this point are vulnerable.
April
ShofEL2 is revealed to the public
June
June 15th: The target release date for the Atmosphére Custom Firmware. This deadline was missed hard and becomes a joke within the Switch hacking community.