Hacking [PSA] yellows8's new twitter update bot

[zoogie]

I figured this deserves a thread since we seem to get these kind of troll update threads pretty often. That's in addition to people who modify their system titles and thus trigger the 3ds into thinking it needs an update, then make a thread in panic.

So from now on, when you see an "OMG update1!!" thread and want to know if it's legit, follow/bookmark this account to know if it's the real thing. Keep in mind also, updates almost always show up late Monday evening US / early morning in EU.

https://twitter.com/ylws8bot

(he has a new personal account too https://twitter.com/ylws8 )

 

[Zidapi]

Awesome, I didn't realise yellows8 had a twitter account. Thanks for sharing.

Edit: Okay, that's because a week ago he didn't. Seriously, the guy is like a ghost, he has had virtually no public presence online until now.

He seems to have a lot of patience for clueless noobs, I wonder how long that will last...

Taking bets, how long until he shuts down his Twitter on account of being harassed by clueless morons. I say 26 days.

 

[hofotureas]

Taking bets, how long until he shuts down his Twitter on account of being harassed by clueless morons. I say 26 days.

its a bot account, its very likelyhe will never read any of that stuff

 

[Xiphiidae]

its a bot account, its very likelyhe will never read any of that stuff

Read. Yellows8 also made a personal account.

 

[gamesquest1]

I always thought he already was a hacking bot, bots making bots, it's the end of the worldd! !!!

 

[zoogie]

A new 3DS eShop VersionList was downloaded. Converted Last-Modified datetime: Thu, 02 Feb 17 20:00:03 -0500. https://t.co/dPn50D8lEI

— ylws8bot (@[email protected]) (@ylws8bot) February 3, 2017

Wooo! It reports game version updates too!
Although you have to do a bindiff to figure out which one, lol.
Yellows8 probably assumes that's basic computer literacy

edit: it was a swapdoodle us/eu update

 

[zoogie]

SOAP sysupdate detected for Old3DS: https://t.co/vL1Mb9sWej

— ylws8bot (@[email protected]) (@ylws8bot) February 7, 2017

SOAP sysupdate detected for New3DS: https://t.co/YAJJjvnwXX

— ylws8bot (@[email protected]) (@ylws8bot) February 7, 2017

Update-details for the following report is now available/updated: https://t.co/vL1Mb9sWej

— ylws8bot (@[email protected]) (@ylws8bot) February 7, 2017

The wiki page for the new Old3DS+New3DS 11.3.0-36 sysupdate has been created: https://t.co/Ls1h0Hvk8Z

— ylws8bot (@[email protected]) (@ylws8bot) February 7, 2017

Works nice!

 

[KunoichiZ]

https://twitter.com/ylws8bot/status/828756569269628928

Works nice!

For fuck's sake, Nintendo. Sigh.