# An IRC client in your motherboard | Phillip Tennen

<https://axleos.com/an-irc-client-in-your-motherboard/>

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- Saved: April 8, 2024 (2024-04-09T02:24:55Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

UEFI is the modern replacement for BIOS and this trick of creating an IRC client that runs in it is pretty wild. It also freaks me out considering how IRC can be used as a command-and-control network for ransomware and what if that stuff embedded itself into the UEFI portion of your computer? 😱

## Facts

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- [WT283: Weekly Thing 283 / Betula, Blocky, Tables](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/283/), Notable

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