There are data companies who will throw away $10k server racks if they believe there is a firmware rootkit on it.
Removing firmware rootkit isn’t as easy as it sounds, because you can’t really be sure the system has been completely flushed after rewriting it all, because you’d need a pretty expensive lab and many man hours to do it properly.
So, if you’re dealing with sensitive data, in the pile it goes, and then you write it off on taxes.
That said, you probably shouldn’t handle sensitive data on your gaming PC. There’s a reason a lot of companies require use of a company computer, and this is one of those reasons.
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There are data companies who will throw away $10k server racks if they believe there is a firmware rootkit on it.
Removing firmware rootkit isn’t as easy as it sounds, because you can’t really be sure the system has been completely flushed after rewriting it all, because you’d need a pretty expensive lab and many man hours to do it properly.
So, if you’re dealing with sensitive data, in the pile it goes, and then you write it off on taxes.
Yup, rootkits are a thing.
That said, you probably shouldn’t handle sensitive data on your gaming PC. There’s a reason a lot of companies require use of a company computer, and this is one of those reasons.
Fair enough, but I was talking about servers.