RCA / Thomson Modem Hack Discovered 182
An anonymous reader writes "Those un-employed modem
hackers are at it again. The group known as TCNiSO has released a very
interesting hardware
modification for RCA / Thomson cable modems. The modification is done by
grounding the bus clock on the serial EEPROM which throws the device into a
diagnostic panic mode. Then by using the debug tools from the embedded console
to reprogram the EEPROM, a user can permanently enable a developers menu which gives
complete control of the modem, such as modifying the hardware addresses or
flashing new firmware. Now if only these guys can figure out
how to enable the Bluetooth
features on
my v710 phone..."
As a Technology Demonstration... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Dangerous, and probably illegal. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Dangerous, and probably illegal. (Score:2, Funny)
do you even know what it stands for
I believe it stands for "YHBT".
WOOOHOOO (Score:5, Funny)
yay for stupid people.
Article content (Score:2, Funny)
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2400 bps modems? (Score:3, Funny)
Hold up! (Score:4, Funny)
The group known as TCNiSO has released a very interesting hardware modification for RCA / Thomson cable modems. The modification is done by grounding the bus clock on the serial EEPROM which throws the device into a diagnostic panic mode. Then by using the debug tools from the embedded console to reprogram the EEPROM, a user can permanently enable a developers menu which gives complete control of the modem, such as modifying the hardware addresses or flashing new firmware. Now if only these guys can figure out how to enable the Bluetooth features on my v710 phone..."
Whoa, slow down.
Corky here can't handle frontpage paragraphs like that first thing in the morning.
Also Discovered (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great way to lose your service. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great way to lose your service. (Score:1, Funny)