The call is coming from inside the chip

October 4, 2018 5:50 AM

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

"Having a well-done, nation-state-level hardware implant surface would be like witnessing a unicorn jumping over a rainbow... Hardware is just so far off the radar, it’s almost treated like black magic.” --But that’s just what U.S. investigators found: The chips had been inserted during the manufacturing process"

And in other news: Botched CIA Communications System Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents
posted by gwint (1 comment total)

Two of Elemental’s biggest early clients were the Mormon church, which used the technology to beam sermons to congregations around the world, and the adult film industry, which did not.
posted by Comrade_robot at 5:50 AM on October 4, 2018 [1 favorite]