Firmware in general is spooky. Unless entirely open. On Tue Feb 17 2015 at 8:54:48 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide > spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, > Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to > eavesdrop > on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers > and > former operatives. > > That long-sought and closely guarded ability was part of a cluster of > spying > programs discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software > maker that has exposed a series of Western cyberespionage operations. > > Read more: > http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-usa-cyberspying- > idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216 > Source: > http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-usa-cyberspying- > idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216 >
