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Team Twiizers is named for the infamous [[Tweezer Attack|tweezer attack]] in which a pair of tweezers was used to obtain the Wii's private encryption keys. Once the Wii's private keys were obtained, exploration of the system could truly get into full swing.

Team Twiizers is named for the infamous [[Tweezer Attack|tweezer attack]] in which a pair of tweezers was used to obtain the Wii's private encryption keys. Once the Wii's private keys were obtained, exploration of the system could truly get into full swing.

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Video Source: [[User:crediar|crediar]]'s clip of bushing from the 24c3 conference (Jan 2008).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Video Source: [[User:crediar|crediar]]'s clip of bushing from the 24c3 conference (Jan 2008).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

At the annual 24c3 hacker conference, bushing demonstrated an altered version of Lego Star Wars which was used to load some basic code displaying Wii Remote data in real time.

At the annual 24c3 hacker conference, bushing demonstrated an altered version of Lego Star Wars which was used to load some basic code displaying Wii Remote data in real time.

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Video Source: [[User:bushing|bushing]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Video Source: [[User:bushing|bushing]]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

An exploit found in the save system of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii version) led to the next step: the release of the [[Twilight Hack]], which could load executables containing custom code compiled against [[libogc]]. The Twilight Princess exploit worked by using a modified save file containing a name for Link's horse which was long enough to cause a buffer overflow pointing to a memory address which contained the loader code.

An exploit found in the save system of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii version) led to the next step: the release of the [[Twilight Hack]], which could load executables containing custom code compiled against [[libogc]]. The Twilight Princess exploit worked by using a modified save file containing a name for Link's horse, which was long enough to cause a buffer overflow pointing to a memory address containing the loader code.

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== Projects ==

== Projects ==

Team Twiizers have collaborated on a wide variety of projects, including a study of Wii bricks and custom booting to allow independence from Nintendo updates that may be otherwise necessary in the future for newer games.

Team Twiizers have collaborated on a wide variety of projects, including a study of Wii bricks and custom booting to allow independence from Nintendo updates that may otherwise be necessary in the future for newer games.

=== BootMii ===

=== BootMii ===

[[BootMii]] is the "next step", so to speak. It is a patch applied to [[boot2]] that will check for homebrew and launch it instead of loading the system menu (if nothing is present then it will proceed to boot normally into the wii system menu). It can be used to load the homebrew channel, for example, bypassing the need to ever install it on your wii. It can also be used to load Linux, or perhaps even a completely different menu interface which is fully capable of launching channels and games. However, it is mainly used for brick recovery, due to its NAND backup and restoration capabilities.

[[BootMii]] is the "next step", so to speak. It is a patch applied to [[boot2]] that will check for homebrew and launch it instead of loading the system menu (if nothing is present then it will proceed to boot normally into the [[Wii System Menu]]). It can be used to load the homebrew channel, for example, bypassing the need to ever install it on your Wii. It can also be used to load Linux, or perhaps even a completely different menu interface which is fully capable of launching channels and games. However, it is mainly used for brick recovery, due to its NAND backup and restoration capabilities.

=== Past Projects ===

=== Past Projects ===

== Philosophy ==

== Philosophy ==

Twiizers has always gone out of its way to make clear the point that they do not support nor want anything to do with piracy or pirates. They are simply a group of hacking enthusiasts who share their work with the community that they played a major part in founding, and have made every effort to ensure that their work is not associated with bootlegging.

Team Twiizers have always gone out of their way to make clear the point that they do not support nor want anything to do with piracy or pirates. They are simply a group of hacking enthusiasts who share their work with the community that they played a major part in founding, and have made every effort to ensure that their work is not associated with bootlegging.

== Known Members ==

== Known Members ==

=== Blogs ===

=== Blogs ===

*[http://hackmii.com HackMii], bushing's Blog. Other members also post there.

*[http://hackmii.com HackMii], bushing's blog (unmaintained). Other members also post there.

*[http://marcansoft.com/blog/ Marcansoft], marcan's blog.

*[http://marcansoft.com/blog/ Marcansoft], marcan's blog.

*[http://debugmo.de/ debugmo.de] tmbinc's blog.

*[http://debugmo.de/ debugmo.de] tmbinc's blog.