Mainline Pokémon developer Game Freak is reeling from an unprecedented "gigaleak" of "significant internal data" of Pok…
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I’d be cautious about running any “leaked” software directly, great way to identify the modding community if it dials home, maybe run it in a vm, behind a vpn? Unless it’s just source code in which case carry on

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I wouldn’t run it on original hardware but are there any known attack vectors where malware infects you via a ROM that runs in a trusted emulator?

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Just talking about the map editor if it’s an executable

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There was a vulnerability in Project64 so a malicious ROM could escape outside of the emulator. So while unlikely, it’s certainly possible.

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I knew someone would have thought of this. Thanks!

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