[LINK] Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from stand-alone IT systems

[Tom Worthington]

On 16/12/20 9:11 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems ...

TEMPEST* was something spooks whispered about in the cold war, but has 
been public knowledge for decades. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)#History

There are well known ways to shield equipment, ranging from carefully 
designed metal cases on equipment, to everyone working in a room which 
looks like a walk-in fridge.

* TEMPEST supposedly stands for "Telecommunications Electronics 
Materials Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions", but may be a 
backronym.


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