“Funnily enough, a software-only exploit for the Xbox 360 dropped just last week, rendering my years of effort somewhat moot.”
Microsoft locked down the 360 after the original Xbox fell apart, so hackers glitched the CPU with a 100-nanosecond pulse on its reset line. A $4 Raspberry Pi Pico did in 2026 what a homemade printer-port rig couldn’t do in 2017. Then a software exploit made the whole thing moot. Hardware hacking is all about timing, including your own.