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'!

 

[Foxi4]

Honestly, we need to figure out their motive for this. Because this could be a member that contributed the changes as a hidden attack.
But until we have evidence, we're just hypothesizing and freaking over possibly nothing...maybe

The motive is lulz. They've been teasing this for a while on their YT channel from what I've seen so far. We haven't seen any instances of any unusual bricks happening yet, but we thought it prudent to warn users that some shenanigans are afoot.

I have known about this before this PSA was posted, since I've been involved in the Wii scene. (In November, it'll have been 7 years since I started. Wow!)

As far as we know, it's one idiot doing this for attention. It started when he linked a fake Pong game in a Discord server that in reality corrupts your Wii Menu. We have no idea who this guy really is, he seems to be using a throwaway account. We have reported his GitHub and taken steps on Discord to make sure this isn't spread.

Thankfully, there have been no reports of someone's actual Wii being bricked. If it was bricked, then you might lose your save files and Miis without a backup, but you can buy a new one for as low as $30 on eBay.

This about covers what we know on our end as well, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Essasetic]

Anyway, just use common sense. Backup your NAND and just don't download anything from untrusted people for now.

 

[BLsquared]

The motive is fairly obviously lulz. They've been teasing this for a while in their YT channel from what I've seen so far. We haven't seen any instances of any unusual bricks happening yet, but we thought it prudent to warn users that some shenanigans are afoot.

Ah, gotcha. I was unaware of the Youtube stuff going on.
Yeah, probably just some more jokers looking for a name. Thanks for the insight.

 

[Underguy573]

I have asked for the leader of the Wii virus group thing to be banned from github so hopefully less people will know where (if) they release all of this stuff in 11 days to the public so there will be less bricks hopefully.

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Also back up your storage devices you use for the wii because they have an sd card corrupter (maybe even usb corrupter)

 

[nWo]

How sad their lives must be.

 

[morvoran]

Why would a bricker even announce it with so many details of their plan if their goal is to brick as many Wiis as possible? Now people will be more cautious and check the Homebrew before using it. I'm guessing this will turn out to be a hoax, or maybe, this person is just a complete moron.

 

[Ryccardo]

It is possible to make a sort of timebomb that triggers a brick code at an specific date? If so, is possible it could be hidden on an already existing homebrew?

Sure, and it's not really news - the oldest software (for PCs) that I could find in 2 minutes is from 1987 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_(computer_virus)

 

[Paulsar99]

Sounds like low level wannabe devs just wanting attention.

 

[Underguy573]

If anyone has a project they are working on for the Wii they should release it BEFORE the 7th to not look suspicious.

 

[Reynardine]

The internet brings out the worst in people. What a bunch of douchebags...

It might be a good idea to wait a while before installing anything from people you haven't heard of before.
After a while the feedback will give you an idea whether it's safe to use or not.

 

[banjo2]

- Wii Bricker 9000 - dhtdht020 edition​

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What's the context of that? Was dhtdht020 involved or something?

 

[N7Kopper]

This is why I always complained about how stupid it was that the Homebrew Channel always accepted remote payloads without user confirmation. But, of course, everyone's LAN setup is completely secure, IPv6 still doesn't exist, and nobody makes brickers.

 

[LexiconFumbler]

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[DSoryu]

http://web.archive.org/web/20190902...mmit/b65379a66cf932e6df9ec21b13f9c4e64145a893

If you're going to write malware don't throw your screenname all over the place. Thanks. @mods idk if you guys care enough about this but the user appears to be active here on the forum.

Thanks.

So a good start is to find which homebrews have net donwload functions in their code. Nice find btw.

 

[SuperDan]

Find Em Kill Em ..... ! The Assholes ...

 

[Deleted User]

lol but why though

 

[huma_dawii]

This is so messed up... and that people is breathing the same air I am.... DISGUSTING.

 

[BaamAlex]

Why are they doing this i ask myself? The wii is innocent!

 

[LexiconFumbler]

e

 

[Taleweaver]

Erm...not to be naive, but exactly how trustworthy is a source that announces a malware spread? I mean...making a document that'll be talked about for the lulz is much easier than making wii apps that trash the wii...for lulz.


Erm...and also:
- NoConnect24 - Fuck up all internet connectivity with your Wii!

I'm...actually sort of interested in this (or rather: I would've been if my wii's weren't retired). I've only very occasionally connected them to the internet to test things, and seeing how long it's been it would actually be a GOOD thing right now. For me, obviously.