Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access

Ars Technica
By Kyle OrlandOct 22, 2026, 6:25 pm120 pts
A security researcher has demonstrated a software-only partial jailbreak of the Switch 2, gaining "userland" access that he says "lets us run homebrew, reverse engineer and mod Switch 2 games, back up save files off the Switch, and access most of the Switch 2’s peripherals through MMIO." The hack relies on…

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