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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..."

2 of 182 comments (clear)

  1. WOOOHOOO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    i cant wait for a few days until all the people that try this hack, are kicked off the network allowing my service to go faster.

    yay for stupid people.

  2. Also Discovered by Jozer99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was also discovered that by permanantly grounding the clock, the RCA cable modem could be turned into a full fledged Radeon 9700 Pro...