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> The manufacturers’ forensic teams examined all of our systems to ensure that no access or persistence was gained. Nothing was found, but we replaced the hardw
by lopkeny12ko 3y ago
> The manufacturers’ forensic teams examined all of our systems to ensure that no access or persistence was gained. Nothing was found, but we replaced the hardware anyway.
This seems incredibly wasteful.
Replacing an entire datacenter is effectively tossing tens of millions of dollars of compute hardware.
- rjzzleep 3y agoIt is, but for most of these components there is no other choice since there is no way to guarantee that nothing was changed. lvrick would say that's what why want to attest everything. Anyway, I really hope that the hardware isn't just tossed into the recycling, but provided to schools and other places that could put them to good use.
- perlgeek 3y agoThe sentence before... > To ensure these systems are 100% secure, equipment in the Brazil data center was returned to the manufacturers. It doesn't say all equipment, and that would have been very helpful. But if it's just two or three access devices sitting on the border, it's not so bad. Also, the manufacturer likely just sold the hardware to a different customer, sounds like it was pretty new and unused anyway. Just flash the firmware and you're good.