Yeah but this isn't news. Almost anyone who looked up the snowden leaks for ethernet bugs already knows this.
This isn't about replacing components. It's about dumping a chip somewhere and magically adding traces to the mainboard to connect it to critical components. Except this is impossible unless the motherboard was specifically designed for the purpose of being bugged.
This isn't about replacing components. It's about dumping a chip somewhere and magically adding traces to the mainboard to connect it to critical components. Except this is impossible unless the motherboard was specifically designed for the purpose of being bugged.