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Not quite a nothingburger
I know, but this requires a supply chain attack - not a likely thing to happen,
This does not require a supply chain attack, just a user ignorantly clicking yes on a UAC prompt. After which the machine is forever compromised, even after replacing ssds / hdds.
Wouldn't it be fixed by wiping the drives and re flashing the bios ? (Or the opposite order)
From my understanding it allows malicious code to be installed in protected memory on the CPU itself, so you can't get rid of it once it's there without a lot of extra work