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Re:The Big Hack: Statements From Amazon, Apple, Supermicro, ... by runlevel1 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:14AM (#18140042)
Most of the out-of-band management systems (aka IPMI/DRAC/LOM) that server vendors use are built by the same 2-3 companies and rebranded.

These companies churn out some truly horrible software with little consideration for security.

It's often difficult to automate firmware updates, so they tend to stay vulnerable.

It's a similar situation to webcams: https://youtu.be/B8DjTcANBx0

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