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For what it's worth, he has dumped several files, including the ME firmware, which have all been found to be clean by experts.

https://twitter.com/esizkur/status/389226368514289664

https://twitter.com/0x0000EBFE/status/394216393282830336

He doesn't even have a way to test whether or not a machine is "infected". He claims that it's based on problems booting from a CD and/or hearing audio interference. Extremely dubious.



How were the dumps created? Is it true that if you control the firmware, then you control what those dumps look like? If so, then the virus could be sending a decoy image whenever it detects someone's trying to dump the firmware.




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