Hykem is gone!

[13:21:38] <swirly> sup man
[13:24:41] <vformeh> hello
[13:25:23] <swirly> my buddy told me u had info on hykem?
[13:26:37] <vformeh> what buddy?
[13:26:59] <swirly> g0db1n
[13:27:34] <vformeh> ah that guy
[13:27:51] <vformeh> we chatted yesterday
[13:28:32] <swirly> plz dont be mad at him
[13:29:03] <swirly> we r just worried
[13:30:14] <vformeh> with?
[13:31:29] <swirly> hykem ofc
[13:31:48] <swirly> i always thought sumtin bad happnd
[13:32:50] <vformeh> its like i told your friend
[13:33:14] <vformeh> hykem was a good friend of mine
[13:33:47] <vformeh> i didnt knew him irl
[13:34:09] <vformeh> but we worked on a couple projects togheter
[13:36:19] <vformeh> i assume your friend told you the rest no?
[13:37:33] <swirly> nop
[13:38:10] <swirly> i followed hykems progress on gbatemp and wiiubrew
[13:38:59] <swirly> it was very disappointin to see him leave
[13:39:25] <swirly> but my buddy told me you knew a different story
[13:40:37] <vformeh> its not a story, its the truth
[13:41:20] <swirly> chill man, i believe u
[13:41:49] <swirly> i just want to know what went down
[13:42:58] <vformeh> hykem got into serious trouble, thats what went down
[13:43:15] <swirly> how so?
[13:44:30] <vformeh> he had been working on the wii u for quite a long time
[13:45:01] <vformeh> after he pwned the wii u secure os he wanted to release the exploit
[13:45:39] <swirly> iosu exploit?
[13:46:28] <vformeh> right
[13:46:44] <vformeh> he had it working around november or so and wanted to do a xmas release
[13:47:16] <swirly> i know, then he delayed
[13:48:05] <vformeh> the reason for that was because the exploit would enable piracy real quick so he thought it would be better to work on a full cfw with antipiracy measures
[13:49:28] <vformeh> he did some great progress and shared a lot of info on things like otp and seeprom on wiiudev
[13:50:43] <vformeh> of course, your friend thinks he just got the info from someone else
[13:51:19] <swirly> yeah, i dont think so though
[13:52:36] <vformeh> long story short, the exploit was very real
[13:53:44] <vformeh> ask other devs/hackers if you dont believe
[13:54:17] <swirly> no need
[13:56:18] <swirly> btw, my bud told me u knew the exploits he used? user and kernel?
[13:59:22] <swirly> ...
[14:01:39] <vformeh> no, what i told your friend was that hykem had shared info a long time ago on a bug he was exploiting, way before all this
[14:02:14] <swirly> the chicken stuff?
[14:03:31] <vformeh> ye, ctrlchicken
[14:04:12] <vformeh> recently there has been this guy o[] on wiiudev that found the same bug and was talking about it
[14:04:49] <vformeh> found from cos.xml that ppc could call /dev/uhs commands
[14:05:32] <vformeh> noticed a bad check on the last 2 ioctls
[14:06:24] <vformeh> and one of them is the ctrlchicken thing that hykem used
[14:07:53] <swirly> dats user only right?
[14:09:29] <vformeh> yes, like i told g0db1n idk what kernel vuln he used
[14:10:15] <vformeh> what i said was that plutoo once updated his twitter status with 0xF5AF5AF5AF5A... a hint for a kernel bug
[14:10:46] <vformeh> back when he posted the pic of the key
[14:11:37] <swirly> the one with teh red screen?
[14:12:15] <vformeh> yes
[14:12:50] <vformeh> no one cared about it, but if u search for 0xF5AF5AF5 in the kernel code now, you will see
[14:14:23] <vformeh> thats also why wannabes like wulfystylez are claiming the kernel exploit had been release for a long time and no one noticed
[14:18:47] <swirly> just checkd on ida
[14:18:55] <swirly> IOS_CreateThread?
[14:20:11] <vformeh> ye
[14:21:03] <swirly> sooo with hykems ctrlchicken and this we can pwn iosu?
[14:22:49] <vformeh> probably, idk
[14:23:08] <vformeh> not really interested in the wiiu
[14:24:02] <swirly> what about hykem? wheres he?
[14:26:24] <vformeh> gone
[14:27:09] <swirly> what u mean?
[14:27:28] <vformeh> he got involved with really bad people
[14:28:14] <swirly> nintendo? lol
[14:29:31] <vformeh> no, the exact opposite
[14:29:55] <swirly> ow
[14:30:22] <swirly> he sold out?
[14:31:30] <vformeh> NO
[14:31:57] <vformeh> sry, caps was on
[14:32:34] <vformeh> they blackmailed him cuz they had his home address
[14:33:18] <vformeh> hykem was in real need for cash so he did think twice about it
[14:33:43] <vformeh> but he refused and told me he couldnt betray everyone like that
[14:34:21] <vformeh> and thats what got him into trouble
[14:35:04] <vformeh> they became aggressive and hykem was afraid
[14:35:51] <vformeh> the law got involved
[14:41:26] <swirly> shit!
[14:42:11] <vformeh> a few other devs know about this too
[14:48:37] <vformeh> ask around if u think its bs
[14:50:33] <swirly> whos they btw?
[14:51:16] <vformeh> use google, drm piracy guy is always the same
[14:52:24] <swirly> ooo i know who u talkin
[14:52:49] <swirly> i always tought it was strange
[14:53:31] <swirly> why delete his github just to get away from angry kidz?
[14:54:19] <vformeh> exactly
[14:56:10] <vformeh> he had many projects there like psxtract, make_npdata and vitasploit
[14:56:45] <vformeh> all very useful for a lot of people
[14:57:33] <swirly> s0ny had nutin to do with this?
[14:58:25] <vformeh> ofc not, nor nintendo
[14:59:51] <swirly> shit, i feel bad for teh guy now
[15:00:09] <vformeh> well hes not coming back, ever
[15:01:17] <vformeh> last time we talked was days before he closed down his github
[15:01:44] <vformeh> he told me he had to vanish and i thought it was all bs
[15:02:31] <vformeh> just for fame or somethign
[15:02:48] <vformeh> but i was wrong
[15:04:07] <swirly> :(
[15:05:12] <swirly> wat about the twitter account?
[15:06:29] <vformeh> its fake ofc
[15:06:48] <vformeh> its not him
[15:07:11] <swirly> k
[15:10:13] <vformeh> anything else?
[15:11:34] <swirly> dun think so
[15:12:27] <vformeh> ok, goodbye
[15:13:46] <swirly> bye mate