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2012-06-02 China-Japan-Koreas

UK researchers discover backdoor in American military chip

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Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Going forward, the pair will study how to authenticate chips and parts using scanning techniques that will distinguish between counterfeit and real components.

Bull. They're all counterfeit. Next time, buy domestic.

How's that "Buy China" working out for ya?

Posted by gorb 2012-06-02 01:43|| 2012-06-02 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 No sense quietly informing Mr. Obama and the Yanks of their "back door." We'll just publish it for all the entire world to know. I think a news release by Sergei Skorobogatov would have a nice ring to it.

On an entirely different subject, how are things coming along for them with that nasty bombs on aeroplanes issue coming out of Yemen?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-02 04:29|| 2012-06-02 04:29|| Front Page Top

#3 No sense quietly informing Mr. Obama and the Yanks of their "back door."

No sense because Obonehead would just tell the world that he was at work fixing the problem himself with hopes to win one more vote.

Posted by gorb 2012-06-02 05:03|| 2012-06-02 05:03|| Front Page Top

#4 This sort of thing had been predicted a long time ago, and its detection was just a matter of time.
How hard is it to replace a chip?
What other chips (non-military) could be carrying this kind of code? Immense potential to cause disruptions in many other aspects of life, e.g, chips controlling implanted pacemakers.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-06-02 11:20|| 2012-06-02 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 From the source article: The
PA3 is heavily marketed to the military and industry and resides in some very
sensitive and critical products. From Google searches alone we have found that the
PA3 is used in military products such as weapons, guidance, flight control,
networking and communications. In industry it is used in nuclear power plants,
power distribution, aerospace, aviation, public transport and automotive products.
This permits a new and disturbing possibility of a large scale Stuxnet-type attack
via a network or the Internet on the silicon itself.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-06-02 11:34|| 2012-06-02 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 in a related report, a similar back door was discovered in the chips used in the 787's computers. think of the possibilities; a terrorist could hijack the Screamliner from the comfort of his own cave and crash it into a building; once he gained control of the computer, the only solution to prevent it from hitting the WHite House, Pentagon, or other high value target would be a shoot down. the resulting PR nightmare would be a win for the bad guys. these revelations are frihtening.

Posted by USN,Ret 2012-06-02 17:17|| 2012-06-02 17:17|| Front Page Top

#7 "You'd think" Boeing would have done put manuel overrides in their Screamliners...

Posted by Gabby Cussworth 2012-06-02 19:09|| 2012-06-02 19:09|| Front Page Top

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