FTA: "the spies made a technological breakthrough by figuring out how to lodge malicious software in the obscure code called firmware"

Is this really a breakthrough? Hasn't this type of attack been around for a long time? Yeah, Reuters. It is interesting that likely a state actor is using this type of attack in a coordinated way. Interesting, but is this really surprising?

In other news, Apple and Google now make a device you can connect right to you skin 24/7.