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#1 Computer security issue. Should we be worried?

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There are people on here who understand this stuff a lot better than I do. Is this really as worrying as it sounds?

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Yes and no I would say (not that that helps much). Generally, I don't think there is anything for us to worry about as there is nothing we can do about it. Unless of course you are in charge of a server farm, then its a worry, There are politics of course involved as well, as this is a good reason to not buy product from China which plays to the US' "build it here" ideal. But of course there is no reason to trust any side in this.
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Only governments and huge corporations like Google & Amazon etc. have the time, money and resources to analyse motherboards like this.

Do you check every board?

Interestingly, we take a lateral thinking approach - we can't analyse every (or any) motherboard, but having very very clever AI network analysis tools allows us to spot any anomalies that arise should we have a compromised system and it tries to call home. This analysis happens in real time and any suspect connection is instantly disconnected, 24/7/365...

Mind you, you are talking about tools that cost well over USD 100k/pa just for licensing...
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Btw, the short answer is that on a personal level, no.

But on a business level, especially if you're in a commercially or politically sensitive area, yes.
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Which our site is - MOD work including occasionally some secret stuff. Also plenty of commercially-sensitive design. I have circulated this story a little here so it can be taken up by anyone in IT or management who takes an interest.
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I'm happy to talk offline about detail around this, but its not for public consumption.
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I see now that Apple and Amazon are flatly denying that the problem exists. Curiouser and curiouser.
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Motherboards can no longer be called that as its sexist

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