There's irony in how people repeat and share the technical rebuttals long after those rebuttals have been conclusively rebutted themselves. That in no way absolves Bloomberg, but the indignation of their critics is tiresome.
[1] Of course the specific details of the claimed hack were never reported, but the proof-of-concept fits the claims, and in any event is more than sufficient to rebut the rebuttals.
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Several months after the story was published someone actually presented a proof of concept demonstrating the practical feasibility of the claimed hack[1]. See presentation at https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9597-modchips_of_the_state (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7H3V7tkxeA), and project website at https://trmm.net/Modchips
There's irony in how people repeat and share the technical rebuttals long after those rebuttals have been conclusively rebutted themselves. That in no way absolves Bloomberg, but the indignation of their critics is tiresome.
[1] Of course the specific details of the claimed hack were never reported, but the proof-of-concept fits the claims, and in any event is more than sufficient to rebut the rebuttals.