<div dir="ltr">The article said that other chips were thin enough to fit between layers of silicon... You'd only find it in a visual inspection by stripping all the visual chips and then holding it to a high-powered light or laser or something... Or by sending it out for an x-ray.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 2:09 AM <<a href="mailto:rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk">rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Very concerning!  The tiny rogue chip was discovered because it was <br>
visually observed on the modified motherboard, but if they'd <br>
incorporated their tiny "spy silicon" into the package of another <br>
legitimate device on the motherboard, like introducing rogue memory <br>
chips or something into the supply chain it would presumably have been <br>
much harder to spot!?<br>
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Or maybe they already have....  :-O<br>
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-Richie,<br>
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On 2018-10-04 22:20, MTG wrote:<br>
> I don't normally like to post OT stuff, but this is pretty shocking.<br>
> This paints the issue of fake chips in a whole new light. Our worries<br>
> in the synth community are nothing compared to the big guys.<br>
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