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Malicious Hardware Hacking May Be the Next Frontier

An anonymous reader writes "It's a given that hackers will target software, and that's enough for many people to worry about. But now there's the possibility that hackers would hide malicious code in the hardware itself. A hardware hack could be an annoyance, by stopping a mobile phone from functioning. Or it could be more dangerous, if it damages the way a critical system operates. Villasenor says there are several types of attacks. Broadly they would fall into two categories: one is when a block stops a chip from functioning, while the other involves shipping data out."

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  1. Re:Uhm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think somebody accidentally the headline.

  2. Re:lolwut? by 0racle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone accidentally the whole thing.

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  3. Re:lolwut? by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 5, Funny

    It may finally answer who was phone though. Hackers was phone.

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