Intel breathes a sigh of relief as the spotlight moves off of them for a beat.

  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I see what you’re saying. You’re assuming someone grabbed a bunch of cpus, fucked with them, then tossed them back into the box and sold them as new.

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      3 months ago

      Exactly, if I were a bad actor with access to the stock that’s what I’d do. I’m sure there are multiple points along the supply chain where it could potentially happen.

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        3 months ago

        That’s true, seems like you’d need to know where they’re going though, like a ton of work just to hopefully get one machine infected that has anything on it.