Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Sep 21, 2023
New revelations from #Snowden archive surface
A decade after Snowden exposed #NSA and British #GCHQ mass #surveillance, only 1% of documents have been published.
New: NSA backdoored #Cavium #CPU, NSA compromised #Russia's #SORM, NSA #PRISM tapped #Tibet!
The Guardian allowed GCHQ to destroy the copy of the archive in the #UK. The Intercept is no longer in possession of the documents. “I was informed that they destroyed their copy of the archive,” Appelbaum said https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface #privacy
New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

ComputerWeekly.com
BmixedSep 20, 2023
#cybersecurity #backdoor #chips #marvell #cavium
Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored its chips • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/19/marvell_disputes_claim_that_cavium/
Marvell disputes claim Cavium backdoored chips for Uncle Sam

Allegations date back a decade to leaked Snowden docs

The Register
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 20, 2023

6. file di #Snowden del 2013 mai pubblicati prima rivelano che #NSA ha compromesso i microprocessori dell'azienda #Cavium, che nel 2017 è stata acquistata dall'azienda #MarvellTechnology, una delle 2 aziende di microprocessori che domineranno mercato #AI:

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface

New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

ComputerWeekly.com
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 19, 2023

11. at NO point does #JacobAppelbaum write or even suggest that #Cavium - acquired by #MarvellTechnology- was complicit in the #NSA sabotage activities or was aware of them

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface

New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

ComputerWeekly.com
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 19, 2023
7. #MarvellTechnology, which acquired #Cavium, is a key semiconductor supplier for #AmazonWebServices (AWS)
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 19, 2023

6. #JacobAppelbaum: as the new owner of #Cavium, #MarvellTechnology "should conduct a serious and transparent technical security investigation into the matter and make the result available to the public".

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface

New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

ComputerWeekly.com
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 19, 2023
4.We contacted #MarvellTechnology to ask questions,including whether #Cavium's CPUs have basically remained the same in the last decade,and how we can be sure those #Cavium CPUs,which according to the 2013 #Snowden files were “backdoored”,are no longer marketed and in use
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 19, 2023

3. The #Snowden files date back to 2013. In 2018, #Cavium was acquired by #MarvellTechnology,one of the two firms which, according to financial services giant J.P. Morgan, will dominate the custom-designed semiconductors market driven by AI:

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface

New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

ComputerWeekly.com
Show threadstefania mauriziSep 19, 2023

2. unpublished files from the #Snowden archive (2013) reveal that the #NSA backdoored #Cavium, an American semiconductor company marketing Central Processing Units (CPUs):

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552520/New-revelations-from-the-Snowden-archive-surface

New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

ComputerWeekly.com
Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️Sep 19, 2023
#Snowden leaks show that #Cavium hardware (now owned by Marvell Tech Group) has an #NSA #backdoor. Guess who makes a lot of HSM hardware?