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'''Massive undiscovered hardware vulnerability:''' This is the physical layer. An undiscovered hardware vulnerability may cause compromises further up in the stack. Examples of compromises:  
 
'''Massive undiscovered hardware vulnerability:''' This is the physical layer. An undiscovered hardware vulnerability may cause compromises further up in the stack. Examples of compromises:  
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In the title text, Randall expresses sympathy for a situation where someone spends a significant length of time on something that then becomes completely unnecessary.  In this case, it's the state-sponsored hackers who develop an exploit of some hardware component, which then becomes completely useless because the target database on that hardware is totally open anyway to anyone with a web browser (which is essentially everyone).  While he's not suggesting he agrees with their hacking, he has some sympathy for their wasted effort.
 
In the title text, Randall expresses sympathy for a situation where someone spends a significant length of time on something that then becomes completely unnecessary.  In this case, it's the state-sponsored hackers who develop an exploit of some hardware component, which then becomes completely useless because the target database on that hardware is totally open anyway to anyone with a web browser (which is essentially everyone).  While he's not suggesting he agrees with their hacking, he has some sympathy for their wasted effort.

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