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This provides some details : http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/hard-drive-firmware-hacking.html http://thehackernews.com/2015/02/hard-drive-firmware-hacking... So no, they'll get a rootkit process running on your machine and (for instance) upload everything on your hard drive through your web browser. Another thing they've done is to upload hacked drivers to cause other hardware connected to the infected machine to physically destroy itself.