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Security researcher demonstrates Thunderbolt firmware hack proof of concept at Chaos Computer Congress

As great as Thunderbolt is, there are vulnerabilities to consider. Per 9to5Mac, a security researcher speaking at the Chaos Computer Congress in Hamburg demonstrated a hack that rewrites an Intel Mac’s firmware using a Thunderbolt device with attack code in an option ROM. Known as Thunderstrike, the proof of concept presented by Trammel Hudson infects […]