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Equation: The Death Star of Malware Galaxy https://securelist.com/blog/research/68750/equation-the-death-star-of-malware-galaxy/ reported to compromise the firmware of hard drive and reprogram the hard drive's firmware according to Malware instructions. This seem to be a vulnerability and probable compromise for Tor browser usage, given it most likely use the hard drive on the computer. But how much vulnerability does Tails encounter and what is the probability of Tails compromise with this Malware?

Equation: The Death Star of Malware Galaxy https://securelist.com/blog/research/68750/equation-the-death-star-of-malware-galaxy/ reported to compromise the firmware of hard drive and reprogram the hard drive's firmware according to Malware instructions. This seem to be a vulnerability and probable compromise for Tor browser usage, given it most likely use the hard drive on the computer. But how much vulnerability does Tails encounter and what is the probability of Tails compromise with this Malware?

Update: Following information became available recently:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/255979726/Equation-Group-Questions-and-Answers

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/02/how-omnipotent-hackers-tied-to-the-nsa-hid-for-14-years-and-were-found-at-last/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/02/16/nsa-equation-cyber-tool-treasure-chest/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group

http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/15/02/b5244194/kaspersky-lab-discovers-equation-group-the-crown-creator-of-cyber-espio

http://pastebin.com/P0Fb9DPb

http://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2015/02/17/equation-the-death-star-of-malware-galaxy/

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/kapersky-discovers-equation-group

http://boingboing.net/2015/02/16/shining-light-on-the-shadowy.html

http://www.i4u.com/2015/02/88843/kaspersky-uncovers-most-sophisticated-malware

http://www.zdnet.com/article/beyond-stuxnet-and-flame-equation-group-most-advanced-cybercriminal-gang-recorded/

http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2966

http://motherboard.vice.com/tag/Equation+Group

Equation: The Death Star of Malware Galaxy https://securelist.com/blog/research/68750/equation-the-death-star-of-malware-galaxy/ reported to compromise the firmware of hard drive and reprogram the hard drive's firmware according to Malware instruction. This seem to be a vulnerability and probable compromise for Tor browser usage, given it most likely use the hard drive on the computer. But how much vulnerability does Tails encounter and what is the probability of Tails compromise with this Malware?

Equation: The Death Star of Malware Galaxy https://securelist.com/blog/research/68750/equation-the-death-star-of-malware-galaxy/ reported to compromise the firmware of hard drive and reprogram the hard drive's firmware according to Malware instructions. This seem to be a vulnerability and probable compromise for Tor browser usage, given it most likely use the hard drive on the computer. But how much vulnerability does Tails encounter and what is the probability of Tails compromise with this Malware?