[Lilug-si-sig] New TYPE of hardware fab (chip) attack.

[odinson]

Found this today when looking for something else.

It's a way to get a chip through a practical audit, but still be able to 
backdoor it.  Damn scary.

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/demonically-clever-backdoor-hides-inside-computer-chip/

Matt

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