Given the number of sources on this story, we’re down to three possibilities: 1. Bloomberg perpetrates massive journalistic fraud, 2. US IC perpetrates massive fraud/conspiracy, 3. It’s true. I think answering hardware questions help to evaluate whether it’s (1).
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @jamesdotcuff and
Or, 4), there is a desperate need for news to discredit China?
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Replying to @cynicalsecurity @matthew_d_green and
There are a whole bunch of plausible explanations that don't require fraud. There was no fraud involved in
#badbios or it's journalistic coverage, and dozens of experts (correctly) confirmed to reporters it was technically plausible.2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes -
Replying to @taviso @cynicalsecurity and
The stories even followed a similar vein, "experts have been warning for years this could happen", etc, etc. "professor foobar confirmed that a bios implant could do this", "senior research blah built a pc speaker network to prove the theory", etc, etc.
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Replying to @taviso @cynicalsecurity and
BadBIOS was a single security researcher posting some dumps, which got repeated by clickbait lazy media with no confirmation. My point is: This Story Is Not That.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @cynicalsecurity and
You only know that because the source wasn't anonymous. If the source was anonymous, the reporter would have asked you or me if it was possible, we would have said yes...
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Replying to @taviso @cynicalsecurity and
If the source had been multiple IC officials in two administrations AND senior sources inside the affected companies, I would not have ruled it out. What happened with BadBIOS is one random person made an unsubstantiated claim, then nobody and nothing corroborated it.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @taviso and
Plus the source then released evidence that didn’t make any sense.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @cynicalsecurity and
Yes, but if that hadn't happened, and instead it was quietly discussed behind closed doors, would look exactly like what we have here, no? Qualified, intelligent well-connected people who work in threat intelligence could spin a plausible delusion, no?
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I'm not claiming this is what happened, just that it's a plausible explanation that doesn't require fraud.
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