The argument that Bloomberg's claim doesn't pass the smell test never originated from the fact that aftermarket out of band management controllers aren't possible, but that it's extremely unlikely that no one ever noticed at any stage.
Some hack targets multiple megacorporations that also lead the technical revolution and all those companies go out of their way to explicitly deny anything ever happened? Undetected arbitrary code execution is one thing, but what was the exfil plan that also avoids a totally separate detection system?
On top of that, these authors are known publishers of bad technical stories?
Possible was never the problem, but the total lack of evidence and massive unlikeliness just doesn't add up.
Some hack targets multiple megacorporations that also lead the technical revolution and all those companies go out of their way to explicitly deny anything ever happened? Undetected arbitrary code execution is one thing, but what was the exfil plan that also avoids a totally separate detection system?
On top of that, these authors are known publishers of bad technical stories?
Possible was never the problem, but the total lack of evidence and massive unlikeliness just doesn't add up.