Undocumented x86 instructions in Intel CPUs that can modify microcode

Re:Undocumented x86 instructions in Intel CPUs that can modi... by rblatz on Saturday March 20, 2021 @03:07AM (#26521372)

If I'm the CIA I have dozens of highly placed agents or at least informants at Intel. Not necessarily placing backdoors, but finding and not fixing exploits and sending them back to the CIA for later use. It would be extremely cheap, hell if I'm China, Russia, the UK, or Israel I'm doing the same thing.

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Re:Undocumented x86 instructions in Intel CPUs that can modi... by monocasa on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:15PM (#26524888)

You don't even Intel employees for that. State actors typically get source access for 'verfication' purposes.

Russia and China would get Windows source access for instance.

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