[superasn]

Another fun video I found today showing up in related videos for this:

https://youtu.be/WtExoSMgvXI?t=260

These guys are sanding down the mobile CPUs and soldering jumpers to do a password reset. I didn't know this was even possible.

[emj]

Kamikaze hack on XBox, was sold as a template for drilling a bondwire on a SoC. This is without the tempalte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCYXb54oig

[superasn]

This is insane. How do they even figure such things out? Is it by accident or careful research of schematics?

[marcan_42]

It's just accessing the onboard flash memory. Sometimes the easiest way in to a given pin is through the top of the CPU package (obviously they are not hitting any actual silicon), if all the traces are otherwise buried in the board.