Pet fish playing a video game in Japan have managed to log on to the Nintendo Switch store, change their owner’s avatar, set up a PayPal account and rack up a credit card bill
And it was all seemingly livestreamed on a YouTube channel, in real time.
The channel owner, Mutekimaru, had previously installed sophisticated motion detection tracking software in fish tanks, enabling the fish to remotely control a Nintendo Switch console.
But the technology, led to an unexpected turn of events earlier this month while the owner was live-streaming a game of Pokémon.
The fish managed to change the name of their owner’s Switch account before twice logging into the Nintendo store.
They also managed to “check” legal terms and conditions, downloaded a new avatar and even set up a PayPal account from the Switch.
The fish were also seen adding 500 yen to the Switch account from the owner’s credit card during the livestream – exposing his credit card details in the process.
