![]() Nintendo takes its privacy issues quite seriously, and it doesn’t help that Mario Kart 8 was the biggest-selling game on the Wii U, with nearly 8.5 million copies sold. ![]() It allowed custom firmware to be inserted onto the targeted console, and it could have potentially been used to steal account or credit card information, as well as to record a victim using the 3DS’ mic and cameras.Īlthough it may disappoint those still playing the games on the discontinued Wii U system, it seems that Nintendo had little choice but to take the online features offline until the security issue is resolved. However, Nintendo has already patched those titles to protect them against the exploit.Ī video posted by YouTuber PabloMK7 showed ENLBufferPwn in action on Mario Kart 7. It was previously found to be a problem in Mario Kart 7 on the 3DS and several other Switch games, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Switch Sports, Splatoon 2 and 3. ![]() This exploit could allow an attacker to take control of a victim’s system by simply being matched with them in an online multiplayer game. According to Dataminer OatmealDome, the issue is “almost certainly” due to ENLBufferPwn.
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