How a drill defeated the Xbox 360’s console security
Console hackers will truly stop at nothing to accomplish their goals.

Console hackers are some of the most headstrong people out there. If they want unfiltered access to a console's hardware and software, they'll always find a way. Usually, this is done through some soft-modding techniques, like taking advantage of a buffer overflow somewhere in a game's code, or exploiting a port on the console. Occasionally, hard-modding techniques are used, like hardwiring a modchip onto the board. If that already sounds like an invasive method to you, you're in for a real treat.