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Its designed to be used for pen testers so they don't have to spend $20,000 on the alternative cable. Its a single cable thats costs like $200, so im not really worried many people are going to get hacked because they accidentally bought a $200 cable.
The bigger concern is a supply chain attack, where an actor targets a specific buyer or agency with these cables.
Yeah that makes sense, im no expert but whats that saying 'physical access is root access' or something along those lines. Id imagine this is true (in spirit at least) about the cables.
I have no idea who would do something like that...
Israel?
The capability itself is concerning. This bespoke cable might cost $200, but what would the unit cost be if a state decided to mass produce them?
Even at 200 per unit a state actor could certainly see it as worth the cost for a specific attack.