[Cryptech Tech] Fab manufacturer hacked?

Peter Gutmann pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz
Sun Mar 1 08:37:46 UTC 2015


Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> writes:

>http://tweakers.net/nieuws/101618/chipmachinefabrikant-asml-is-gehackt-door-chinese-overheid.html

Interesting, so in theory it's the "Reflections on trusting trust" thing where
you can booby-trap the compiler to insert backdoors.  OTOH since they make
lithography machines it'd be a pretty painful place to mount an attack, it's
most likely (as the article itself says) plain industrial espionage so the PRC
can create its own lithography machines.

Peter.


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