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Fish took control of a YouTuber's Nintendo Switch account during a livestream. They made credit card purchases, changed the username, set up a PayPal account, and even sent email.
Mutekimaru had installed sophisticated motion detection tracking software in fish tanks, enabling the fish to remotely control a Nintendo Switch console during a live-streaming game of Pokémon.
Mutekimaru had stepped away for a break when the game crashed due to a system error and the console returned to the home screen.
The fish carried on swimming, like fish tend to do, and seemingly continued to control the console remotely from their tank.
During the next seven hours, the fish reportedly managed to change the name of their owner’s Switch account before twice logging into the Nintendo store, where users can purchase games and other downloadable content.
They also managed to “check” legal terms and conditions, downloaded a new avatar and even set up a PayPal account from the Switch, sending an email out to their owner.
But things didn’t end there.
The fish were also seen adding 500 yen ($4) to Mutekimaru’s Switch account from his credit card during the livestream, exposing his credit card details in the process.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/asia/nintendo-switch-pet-fish-credit-card-intl-hnk/index.html
Mutekimaru had installed sophisticated motion detection tracking software in fish tanks, enabling the fish to remotely control a Nintendo Switch console during a live-streaming game of Pokémon.
Mutekimaru had stepped away for a break when the game crashed due to a system error and the console returned to the home screen.
The fish carried on swimming, like fish tend to do, and seemingly continued to control the console remotely from their tank.
During the next seven hours, the fish reportedly managed to change the name of their owner’s Switch account before twice logging into the Nintendo store, where users can purchase games and other downloadable content.
They also managed to “check” legal terms and conditions, downloaded a new avatar and even set up a PayPal account from the Switch, sending an email out to their owner.
But things didn’t end there.
The fish were also seen adding 500 yen ($4) to Mutekimaru’s Switch account from his credit card during the livestream, exposing his credit card details in the process.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/asia/nintendo-switch-pet-fish-credit-card-intl-hnk/index.html
