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RCA / Thomson Modem Hack Discovered

Posted by Hemos on from the the-joy-of-hacking dept.

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..."

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  1. Dangerous, and probably illegal. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Why would anyone want to do this? For one thing, its dangerous. Connecting hardware that you have hacked to the public telephone system could electrocute some poor telecoms engineer somewhere, or damage some expensive hardware back at the exchange. Secondly, this is surely a DMCA violation.


    Let's hope whoever thought of this gets put behind bars where they belong, for risking the saftey of others.

  2. article author by XO · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Look, you moron. As was determined several months ago, you can't ENABLE the bluetooth functions that DO NOT EXIST on your v.710. They just plain AREN'T THERE to BE ENABLED. Jerk.

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    "Champagne for my real friends - and real pain for my sham friends!" http://ericblade.postalboard.com/
  3. Re:Don't fuck around w/your modem's MAC. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're a bit of a knob, aren't you?

  4. Re:Don't fuck around w/your modem's MAC. by ivan256 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    blah blah blah fuzzy-logic blah blah blah

    That's code for "I don't have a fucking clue how it works, otherwise I'd be designing this shit instead of being a human spam filter in the abuse department."