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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking for $500
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:02:24 GMT
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On a sunny day (Sun, 04 Aug 2024 11:47:58 -0700) it happened John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote in
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>On Sun, 04 Aug 2024 13:05:37 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>>Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking -
>>a $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi to bring costs down:
>>
>> https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hackers-hope-to-democratize-laser-based-processor-hacking-dollar500-rayv-lite-relies-on-3d-printing-a-laser-pen-and-a-raspberry-pi-to-bring-costs-down#main
>>
>>Nothing is safe:-)
>>Seems a cool way to bypass security stuff.
>>Gotta try my laser on a working chip.
>> 
>
>Sounds absurd. Decap an expensive chip, set it up to run and analyze
>things, then bang one selected 20nm-square fet (out of a billion) with
>focussed 600 nm light.

The way the article goes you just de-activate some checks for some short time
We will see if they publish.
Remote destruction of chips is easy with a strong EM field.