The only argument in favor of adding a chip would be unpopulated landing pads already there, unpopulated, exposed *and* on the right bus. But still trivial to spot with merely optical inspection.
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Here is the alleged placement:https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1047806561760890880 …
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That is loose interpretation based on a GIF animation of a board which doesn’t even appear to be the one involved in the article.
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And don’t get me wrong,
@marcan42 is awesome and knows is stuff, one of the few that knows what he his talking about. But this is only an alleged placement and still no facts are on the table. -
The GIF from the article does match the blades used in the later diagrams. I'm only saying the theory has some internal consistency, which at least means if the story is made up, someone tried reasonably hard. It's walking a fine line of plausibility.
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But yes, personally, I think it makes a hell of a lot more sense to just replace the actual SPI flash IC with an MCM containing the implant right inside. Good luck noticing that without xraying every chip.
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Alternate take: they stuck a fake coil on top of a more standard chip package, and the whole photoshoot is based on Bloomberg getting the wrong kind of "signal conditioning coupler".https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1047938864579469312 …
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It would be so much easier if we didn’t have to speculate...everyone is looking too hard because the article is scarce of facts :(. I am sure we can make up dozens ways on how what is described could be accomplished. And we wouldn’t be closer to the truth. This is the core issue.
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Also this quote: “In one case, the malicious chips were thin enough that they’d been embedded between the layers of fiberglass onto which the other components were attached, according to one person who saw pictures of the chips.”
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I would make an implant in PC's motherboards and use powerline technology to exfil data. How many people sniff their electric cables, looking for powerline traffic?!
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I knew it was doable. Sad I never have time to turn ideas into practice...

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The fun part is that this is software only. With some limitations off cause, but doable.
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will have to read the entire paper then! Thanks for it!
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When skilled hackers come on stage, challenge level suddenly raises up seriously, no? ;-)
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Soooo.... Sell usb-c psu with buq installed. Or replacement battery that has access to ec. Fun stuff
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