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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know, but this requires a supply chain attack - not a likely thing to happen,

[–] breakingcups 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Sylvartas 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Breadhax0r 2 points 4 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