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

[Tony Brian Albers]

No, the green one John.

/tony

On Fri, 2018-10-05 at 15:51 +0100, John Hearns via Beowulf wrote:
> 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/press1
> > > > > 81004_Bloomberg.cfm
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:48 AM Douglas Eadline <deadline at eadl
> > > > > ine.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
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > MailScanner: Clean
> > > > > > 
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> > > 
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