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This is not a new threat idea. DOD has been worrying about this for years. Perhaps the implementation of the threat is new but not the idea of the threat.
by matt_the_bass 9y ago
This is not a new threat idea. DOD has been worrying about this for years. Perhaps the implementation of the threat is new but not the idea of the threat.
- DoctorOetker 9y agoyou may be remembering this very same single transistor back-door from 2 years ago?
- matt_the_bass 9y agoI can’t find the link, but I seem to remember either an SBIR, STTR, or BAA topic a few years ago relating to de ting such backdoors.
- IAmLiterallyAB 9y agoYep, the article linked is from 2016. I'm actually friends with one of the authors, the similarity tipped me off
- nickpsecurity 9y agoThey even implemented the Trusted Foundry program to mitigate some risk. https://www.dmea.osd.mil/trustedic.html https://www.dmea.osd.mil/trustedic.html