Security News > 2020 > December > Hacker given three years for stealing secret Nintendo Switch blueprints, collecting child sex abuse vids

A young man caught hacking into Nintendo's servers to steal secret Switch blueprints has been sentenced to three years in prison after ignoring an FBI warning to stop.

According to court documents [PDF] Ryan Hernandez of Palmdale, California, is now 21 though in 2016, while a minor, he requested help on a Nintendo forum.

The more recent hacks were carried out while Hernandez was an adult, and so the Feds swooped in June 2019, raiding his house and grabbing his laptop, hard drive, and two Nintendo Switches.

They found numerous illegally obtained files from Nintendo as well as 669 photos and 968 videos of child sexual abuse.

That discovery put Hernandez in a spot: he faced up to five years for the hacking charge, and up to 20 years for the child abuse material.

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