Downgrade the XBox 360's kernel to a hackable version

[dlevere]

Xantium lets us know about the latest from the XBox Scene. The attack that was just a proof of concept is now a fully released hack.

Robinsod released details on how to perform the 'Timing Attack' in order to downgrade the 360's kernel to a hackable version.

The hack requires an Infectus mod chip, a PIC interface built around a 16F876A, and a software package to get things rolling. The big deal is that you can now downgrade your 360 from any kernel to an exploitable version.

Considering the previous limitations, this is pretty exciting news for the homebrew crowd.

[LiquidManZero]

Ah yes, yet another way for people to use the hardware for their own means, and yet still end up getting banned on xbox live, heh.

Still, that's an improvement over some of the previous ways of exploiting the device.