We don't have time to fart around with modding our 360. We're way too busy with our fencing career, thank you, but apparently, a lot of gamers have the time to alter their consoles. They're being rewarded for their hard work with a ban hammer, straight from Microsoft.

"As part of our commitment to our members, we do not allow people that we have detected to have modified their console to connect to LIVE. This is an important part of our efforts to try and maintain a fair gaming environment for the large majority of gamers that play by the rules. This topic is more important than ever given the recent release of the Halo 3 beta. As a result, some consumers that try to login to LIVE who we detect have illegally modified their console will get an error code (Status Code: Z: 8015 - 190D)"

The crackdown is ostensibly aimed at multiplayer cheaters.

Gamerscore: Keeping Xbox LIVE Fair