Hackers have invaded the Wii! So Wii fans get ready for the rush! The Wii’s encrypryption keys have been toyed with by hackers and cracked! This makes the most popular video game console in the world able to play home brewed games and open source ports. There is also the possibility of a complete version of Linux on the Wii. Whee!

There is a video available on the internet that has been released by the 24th chaos communication congress which demonstrates a Wii operating arbitrary code. More information can be found in the WiiLi forums. http://www.wiili.org/forum/24c3-tweezer-attack-homebrew-mission-accomplished-t3197-s7.html

If you are wondering whether this break would be patched with a firmware update, this is explained by Tysoe J who says that it cannot be patched since this would break backwards compatibility with the Game Cube games.

Open source is everywhere these days. So what do you think of this development?