Chip Backdoors: Assessing the Threat
Nearly 20 years ago I was attacked on forums for suggesting such treats were even a possibility. What surprised me was the vehemence of the attack - that is I had a damn hide and temerity to even suggest the notion was possible.<p>What they didn&#x27;t realize was that several years earlier that as a part of my work I&#x27;d been given the job of investigating if backdoors had been installed on certain critical hardware.<p>Yes, it&#x27;s palpable and it&#x27;s  been so for a long time, unfortunately I&#x27;m not at liberty to be more specific.<p>Don&#x27;t be fooled by the deafening silence from hardware types. Knowlwdge of existing treats and the current &#x27;security&#x27; climate&#x2F;milieu along with basic commonsense ought to suggest this problem is already with us and will be increasingly so in the near future.