>that's a silly statement, as that would make it a firmware attack, not a hardware attack Original parts can also have attacks not in firmware, without changin

>that's a silly statement, as that would make it a firmware attack, not a hardware attack Original parts can also have attacks not in firmware, without changing the transistor layouts, via dopant attacks [1, paper at 2]. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262211582_Stealthy_Dopant-Level_Hardware_Trojans https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262211582_Stealthy_... [2] https://sharps.org/wp-content/uploads/BECKER-CHES.pdf https://sharps.org/wp-content/uploads/BECKER-CHES.pdf