So you can detect the implants using AI ...
https://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/hardware/this-tech-would-have-spotted-the-secret-chinese-chip-in-seconds
All you need is a trustworthy computer for the AI computations!
Cheers,
Fred
On 05/10/18 13:23, Douglas Eadline wrote:
From a technology standpoint, this is very interesting. For me
the bigger picture is trusting complex things. This is not new,
in 1984 Ken Thompson brought up software "bugging"
http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack
Funny, many of my non-geek friends
are surprised at my skepticism and mistrust of
many things digital.
--
Doug
That is a tiny capacitor that sits on your motherboard with a very thin
glue. You practically need a microscope to move one, and there are
hundreds of them on each board. So which one is it? Maybe you can just
scrape it off.
Buy there is another problem: OEM. That means an outside builder,
Supermicro perhaps built your motherboard.
And, why tell this story 3 years later?
Buy in the subject of removing it, a capacitor reads a tiny stream of
electricity and opens its hate at a determined voltage, correct? That sets
off another capacitor and so on until what exactly happens?
On October 4, 2018, at 7:08 PM, John Hearns via Beowulf
<beowulf@beowulf.org> wrote:
Thankyou to James Cuff for linking to The Register's article :
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/04/supermicro_bloomberg/
On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 20:52, Andrew Latham <lath...@gmail.com> wrote:
And news directly from Supermicro
https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm
On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:48 AM Douglas Eadline <deadl...@eadline.org>
wrote:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
(limited free articles)
First question: So who has Supermicro motherboards?
Second question: Where else are these devices?
Third question: Who else is making/inserting these kind of devices?
--
Doug
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