Secure Boot Breach Affects Devices
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•Secure Boot-neutering PKfail debacle is more prevalent than anyone knew
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A supply chain failure that compromises Secure Boot protections on computing devices extends to a much larger number of models than previously known.
The debacle was the result of non-production test platform keys used in hundreds of device models for more than a decade .
These cryptographic keys form the root-of-trust anchor between the hardware device and the firmware that runs on it.
The private portion of one of the test keys was published in a post on GitHub .
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