271 models of motherboards

Wouldn't that be almost every new computer sold recently.

https://arstechnica.com/security/20...ards-were-sold-with-a-firmware-backdoor/

https://eclypsium.com/blog/supply-chain-risk-from-gigabyte-app-center-backdoor/

list of affected models https://eclypsium.com/wp-content/uploads/Gigabyte-Affected-Models.pdf

fix https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-firmware-update-backdoor

Gigabyte is one of the largest motherboard manufacturers but certainly not almost every new computer will have one of their motherboards, in fact nowhere near .

Taiwan manufactures 90% of the World's most advanced microprocessors.

It's never a good thing when you have a supply bottleneck for a globally high demand product. God forbid some massive typhoon hits Taiwan and results in motherboard production falling by 50% or more.

Let's hope a Chinese one does not...