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[return to "Supermicro server motherboards can be infected with unremovable malware"]
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1. thisis+wtb[view] [source] 2025-09-28 20:14:44
>>zdw+(OP)
Am I having a deja vu or wasn't this discussed earlier like 5-6 years ago?
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2. Tactic+3wb[view] [source] 2025-09-28 20:33:54
>>thisis+wtb
Yup definitely. It was about SMCI too. It's not just you: at least two of us are having deja vu.
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3. teclea+1Ob[view] [source] 2025-09-28 23:00:49
>>Tactic+3wb
Different. In 2018 there was articles [0] talking about hacked Supermicro servers being in the wild that had (simplifying) extra ICs in their motherboard, like some short of supply chain attack.

But AFAIK, tangible evidence never surfaced. [1]

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  0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18176620
  1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19910537
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