Overview

• The FBI posted an official seizure notice on Nsw2u’s domain under a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia warrant issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2323.
• The Fiscal Information and Investigation Service in the Netherlands joined the FBI in targeting one of the best-known online repositories for Switch ROMs.
• Visitors to the former NSw2u site now see an FBI takeover message instead of the piracy portal.
• Nintendo’s policy of permanently banning Switch 2 consoles that use unauthorized MIG cartridges remains in effect with no factory reset workaround.
• This takedown advances Nintendo’s multi-pronged approach of legal action, hardware bans and international cooperation to deter console piracy.