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Another fun video I found today showing up in related videos for this: https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260 https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260 These guys are sa
by superasn 5y ago
Another fun video I found today showing up in related videos for this:
https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260 https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260
These guys are sanding down the mobile CPUs and soldering jumpers to do a password reset. I didn't know this was even possible.
- marcan_42 5y agoIt's just accessing the onboard flash memory. Sometimes the easiest way in to a given pin is through the top of the CPU package (obviously they are not hitting any actual silicon), if all the traces are otherwise buried in the board.
- emj 5y agoKamikaze hack on XBox, was sold as a template for drilling a bondwire on a SoC. This is without the tempalte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCYXb54oig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCYXb54oig
- superasn 5y agoThis is insane. How do they even figure such things out? Is it by accident or careful research of schematics?