[Beowulf] Hacked MBs It was only a matter of time

[John Hearns]

你所有的基地都属于我们。
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 14:35, John Hearns <hearnsj at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Doug, you are Johnny English and I claim my five pounds.
> https://youtu.be/-Qv6p6pTz5I
>
> The plot is that all HEr Majestys agents have been compromised as they
> use digital devices.
> Johnny English (aka Doug Eadline) must be brought out of retirement
> due to using only analogue.
> The lovelt red Aston Martin belongs to Rowan Atkinson, ad is chosen as
> it has no digital ignition or ECU.
>
>
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 13:23, Douglas Eadline <deadline at eadline.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From a technology standpoint, this is very interesting. For me
> > the bigger picture is trusting complex things.  This is not new,
> > in 1984 Ken Thompson brought up software "bugging"
> >
> > http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack
> >
> > Funny, many of my non-geek friends
> > are surprised at my skepticism and mistrust of
> > many things digital.
> >
> > --
> > Doug
> >
> >
> >
> > > That is a tiny capacitor that sits on your motherboard with a very thin
> > > glue. You practically need a microscope to move one, and there are
> > > hundreds of them on each board. So which one is it? Maybe you can just
> > > scrape it off.
> > > Buy there is another problem: OEM. That means an outside builder,
> > > Supermicro perhaps built your motherboard.
> > > And, why tell this story 3 years later?
> > > Buy in the subject of removing it, a capacitor reads a tiny stream of
> > > electricity and opens its hate at a determined voltage, correct? That sets
> > > off another capacitor and so on until what exactly happens?
> > >
> > > On October 4, 2018, at 7:08 PM, John Hearns via Beowulf
> > > <beowulf at beowulf.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thankyou to James Cuff for linking to The Register's article :
> > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/04/supermicro_bloomberg/
> > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 20:52, Andrew Latham <lathama at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> And news directly from Supermicro
> > >> https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:48 AM Douglas Eadline <deadline at eadline.org>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
> > >>>
> > >>> (limited free articles)
> > >>>
> > >>> First question: So who has Supermicro motherboards?
> > >>> Second question: Where else are these devices?
> > >>> Third question: Who else is making/inserting these kind of devices?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Doug
> > >>>
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