• breakingcups@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This does not require a supply chain attack, just a user ignorantly clicking yes on a UAC prompt. After which the machine is forever compromised, even after replacing ssds / hdds.

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      3 months ago

      Wouldn’t it be fixed by wiping the drives and re flashing the bios ? (Or the opposite order)

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        3 months ago

        From my understanding it allows malicious code to be installed in protected memory on the CPU itself, so you can’t get rid of it once it’s there without a lot of extra work