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To backdoor a server of a large hosting provider, a NSL would be sufficient, so I doubt that the NSA would go to such length just to break into a single server.
by Xylakant 13y ago
To backdoor a server of a large hosting provider, a NSL would be sufficient, so I doubt that the NSA would go to such length just to break into a single server.
This is worse on a larger scale: The same code could be on each hard drive sold in the US. You can't even trust your own computer any more.
- contingencies 13y agoA hard drive firmware implementation would be a different approach to that discussed via PCI, though not impossible it would probably be more difficult to execute.
- plantain 13y agohttp://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack Terrifying.
- contingencies 13y agoHehe yeah, I saw the end of that talk at OHM2013. Recording @ http://bofh.nikhef.nl/events/OHM/video/d2-t1-13-20130801-2300-hard_disks_more_than_just_block_devices-sprite_tm.m4v http://bofh.nikhef.nl/events/OHM/video/d2-t1-13-20130801-230...