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Friends of mine who work in high-security finance have told me about some fairly exotic things. Desoldering USB ports. Epoxying cable connectors into their sock
by GhettoMaestro 7y ago
Friends of mine who work in high-security finance have told me about some fairly exotic things. Desoldering USB ports. Epoxying cable connectors into their sockets (to prevent easy removal - without chance of significant cable/device damage leading to investigation of issue).
I can only imagine the stuff that goes on at places like the NSA and CIA where the stakes are extremely high.
- jandrese 7y agoImagine being the guy who has to fix those computers when they break and finding only solutions like "just plug in this USB stick and boot from it to run this fix utility..." or the everpresent assumption that the machine is connected to the Internet 24/7.
- odorousrex 7y agoYou don't fix them. You bring in an entirely new machine, and the old one is securely destroyed.
- wcip 7y agoSurely they'd use something like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environmen...
- copperx 7y agoIsn't it easier to store all the computers in a secure room and then just have cable runs to the peripherals? This gets rid of most physical tampering attempts. The only one left is that the employee could cut the cord of the mouse and jerry-rig a small USB port. You could get around this by forcing the use of PS/2 connectors.
- jdsully 7y agoAnd then people would ex-filtrate data by toggling the numlock light programmatically.