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Destroying your hard drive is the only way to stop this super-advanced malware
TaoPhoenix:
Its like a rootkit
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Seems like the countermeasure would need to be burned in code. Like the only way to update your controller code would be to physically change out a chip. I wonder if the military has some scheme already to get around the problem?
-MilesAhead (February 26, 2015, 05:53 AM)
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They probably do, but they like to play with a full deck of 52 cards and consumers only maybe the spades.
mouser:
A hardware jumper to enable any firmware flashing seems like a great idea for all devices.
superboyac:
A hardware jumper to enable any firmware flashing seems like a great idea for all devices.
-mouser (February 26, 2015, 12:57 PM)
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hey! I like that!
Stoic Joker:
A hardware jumper to enable any firmware flashing seems like a great idea for all devices.
-mouser (February 26, 2015, 12:57 PM)
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hey! I like that!
-superboyac (February 26, 2015, 05:01 PM)
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I did too initially, but I don't think it will scale well for data centers that have (SAN) racks full of drives that would then need to be physically touched.
Renegade:
A hardware jumper to enable any firmware flashing seems like a great idea for all devices.
-mouser (February 26, 2015, 12:57 PM)
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hey! I like that!
-superboyac (February 26, 2015, 05:01 PM)
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I did too initially, but I don't think it will scale well for data centers that have (SAN) racks full of drives that would then need to be physically touched.
-Stoic Joker (February 26, 2015, 06:18 PM)
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Class action lawsuit against the NSA to pay for all the technicians that would need to be hired! ;D Great make-work project! :Thmbsup:
I know... ain't gonna happen, but it's worth a chuckle. I don't even know how many drives are affected. I don't even know what order of magnitude there would be. Billions? Hundreds or tens of millions? Good grief... A lot in any event.
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