Numerous vulnerabilities in AMD processors

Numerous vulnerabilities in AMD processors

«I expect you pickup your servers straight from the factory, then.»

Well, I know even mildly security-minded people who build their own computers only from parts bought in random physical shops. In this way any adversary has to use either a "generic" backdoor (and risk losing it) or implant a target-specific device or backdoor one by burglarizing their office or home, without taking the cheap and easy option to install a target-specific device or backdoor before delivery.