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#3 Ars Technica Security general August 05, 2026 at 22:35 UTC

Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers

By Dan Goodin

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Security researchers disclosed widespread vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers (BMCs) from major server manufacturers, allowing thousands of servers to be backdoored remotely. BMC flaws are particularly severe because they persist below the OS level, survive reimaging, and are often exposed on management networks with weak authentication — making them high-value targets for nation-state actors and ransomware groups.

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