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Re:Making sense of the alleged Supermicro motherboard attack by eeZah7Ux on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:51PM (#18151164)
I hope esp8266 & so are not relevant enough to have a sofisticated backdoor built in.
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Re:Making sense of the alleged Supermicro motherboard attack by hathawsh on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:22PM (#18151407)
It seems likely that the esp8266 chip family is being used in industrial automation. It's a very powerful yet cheap chip, making it practically ideal for adding covert spyware. I love it, yet it scares me. It's a little too amazing.
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