[quote=flu]
but but but china is so cool, according to Brian…..

Why are people so surprised about this?[/quote]
I know I’m not, I came across an altered ethernet controller chip that was modded for a similar purpose by China, more than 10 years ago. The part that did surprise me was the sizing of the component and the transition to between fiberglass layers placement of surveillance components.

The other aspect that surprised me was how lax the US government has been with respect to where their components are sourced.

If you outsource, particularly to China, expect to do a thorough per item QA back here in the states.

NOTE: I wish ‘sanitizing’ the boards were covered. How to remove the device, whether the device was designed to operate on a pulled up bus line or as a ‘pass through’ intercept (which would need a jumper after removing the component). The entire production of that particular motherboard was not affected. It may have been a bit more ‘targeted’.