Paul Owen made the Enigma mod chip for the Xbox.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“when the Xbox came out, Paul also made a mod chip for it called Enigma”
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Paul Owen made the Enigma mod chip for the Xbox.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“when the Xbox came out, Paul also made a mod chip for it called Enigma”
Game Genie DEVELOPED_BY Codemasters
Codemasters developed the Game Genie video-game enhancer.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“they developed something called a Game Genie”
SX Pro DEVELOPED_BY Team Xecuter
Team Xecuter developed and manufactured the SX Pro Switch add-on.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“Team Xecuter called this add-on the SX Pro.”
Game Genie DEVELOPED_BY Galoob
Galoob licensed the Game Genie in the United States and sold it through toy stores.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“They developed this in the UK and licensed it in the US to a company called Galoob”
True Blue Mini DEVELOPED_BY Team Xecuter
The True Blue Mini was described as a Team Xecuter product sold under a different brand.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“Both of these products were by Team Xecuter, but they were selling it under a different brand”
Messiah chip DEVELOPED_BY Paul Owen
Paul Owen created the Messiah mod chip for the PlayStation 2.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“it was created by Paul Owen”
Xecuter DEVELOPED_BY Paul Owen
Paul Owen made an Xbox mod called the Xecuter.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“Paul made another mod for the Xbox, this time calling it the Xecuter”
George Hotz DISCOVERED_BY root key
George Hotz found what was described as the original PlayStation 3 root key and posted it publicly.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 99% · Gary Bowser EP 136 Details
“he found the original — what they called a root key for the PlayStation 3”
Nintendo legal action against Team Xecuter INVOLVES Nintendo
Nintendo pursued legal action against Team Xecuter and related resellers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“Nintendo was trying to sue Gary for intellectual property infringement”
Nintendo legal action against Team Xecuter INVOLVES Team Xecuter
Nintendo's legal action targeted the Team Xecuter operation and its Switch products.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“they started trying to find and stop this whole Team Xecuter operation”
Tony Chen was identified as the head of security for Xbox at Microsoft.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“Tony Chen, the head of security for Xbox”
Paul Owen MEMBER_OF Team Xecuter
Paul Owen started calling his group Team Xecuter after the Xecuter mod.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“He liked that name so much that he started calling his little group Team Xecuter”
Gary Bowser MEMBER_OF Gen-X Computers
Gary said he formed Gen-X Computers with another partner after his Texas Instruments business declined.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Gary Bowser EP 136 Details
“with another partner, we formed a company called Gen-X Computers”
Messiah chip USES circumvention of access controls
The Messiah chip was described as bypassing PlayStation anti-copy protections.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“it bypassed the anti-copy protections and let you play copied games”
SX Pro USES Joy-Con paperclip glitch
The SX Pro used a physical device to trigger the Switch Joy-Con paperclip glitch.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“one that would slide into the Joy-Con port and trigger the glitch”
Gary Bowser USES console modding
Gary modified video-game consoles and provided console-modification services.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Gary Bowser EP 136 Details
“I did do some modifying of consoles for people as a service.”
SX OS USES Atmosphere
The emulator used in SX OS was identified as Atmosphere.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“The emulator that was on the SX OS was called Atmosphere”
The SX Pro loaded SX OS instead of the Switch's native operating system.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“the SX Pro would load up SX OS”
Enigma USES circumvention of access controls
The Enigma chip unlocked the Xbox and enabled hardware changes such as adding larger hard drives.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Gary Bowser EP 136 Details
“it allowed you to put in bigger hard drives, unlock the system”
Watch Paint Dry USES Steam publication workflow bypass
Watch Paint Dry used a workflow bypass to appear published on Steam without completing Steam's review steps.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 136 Details
“Watch Paint Dry bypassed all the checks to get onto Steam.”
SS7 attacks AFFECTS SS7
Jack describes SS7 attacks as exploiting mobile carriers through SS7.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 137 Details
“SS7 is a way to exploit mobile carriers into getting info on the users or even taking over their phone number.”
Intellexa ASSOCIATED_WITH Nexa
Intellexa was formed using Nexa technology together with Cytrox and WiSpear technology.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 137 Details
“he combined the names together, Cytrox and Nexa, to form a new company called Intellexa”
Lighthouse Reports ASSOCIATED_WITH Inside Story
Lighthouse Reports worked with Inside Story in Greece on the investigation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Crofton Black EP 137 Details
“we at Lighthouse, we wouldn’t have got involved in it without the work that Inside Story in Greece did”
Intellexa ASSOCIATED_WITH Cytrox
Intellexa was formed by combining Cytrox with Nexa and other surveillance technology.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 137 Details
“With that technology, he combined the names together, Cytrox and Nexa, to form a new company called Intellexa”
EYP is identified as Greece's intelligence agency.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 137 Details
“they landed on this must be the work of EYP, which is Greek’s intelligence agency”