US EditionFBI Seizes Websites in Major Piracy Crackdown in Atlanta
UNITED STATES, JUL 10 – The FBI and Dutch agency FIOD seized Nsw2u to combat piracy following the Switch 2 launch; the site was on the EU piracy watchlist since May, hosting thousands of illegal game copies.
- On Thursday, the FBI seized and took offline several popular websites, including NSW2U, that were involved in distributing pirated Nintendo Switch games, following a legal seizure warrant issued by the Northern District of Georgia.
- This move came after years of Nintendo intensifying its efforts against piracy and included collaboration with Dutch financial crime investigators who supported the inquiry.
- NSW2U and similar sites hosted unauthorized game ROMs that users downloaded to play on hacked Switch consoles or emulators, with one service recording over 3.2 million downloads from February 28 to May 28, 2025.
- The FBI carried out the seizure under a court order authorized by the federal court in the Northern District of Georgia according to 18 U.S.C. § 2323, highlighting that the piracy resulted in roughly $170 million in losses for the gaming industry.
- The takedown supports Nintendo’s ongoing anti-piracy efforts, including a revised Switch User Agreement enabling device bricking for illegal use, enacted just ahead of the Switch 2 launch on June 5, 2025.
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"THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN SEIZED" declares the new banner at Nsw2u, a pirate site specializing in Nintendo Switch games. The FBI took control of the domain yesterday and with it goes one of the 'net's most popular repositories of bootleg ROMS. — Read the rest The post Nintendo pirate site seized appeared first on Boing Boing.
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