Intel Security just reported that "[p]ersistent and virtually undetectable attacks by the Equation Group that reprogram hard disk drives and solid state drive firmware."[0,1] It's interesting that this threat was first reported by Kaspersky in February.[2]

The firmware exploits are part of the attack system with Duqu 2.0, right?

[0] http://www.mcafee.com/us/security-awareness/articles/mcafee-...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9685829

[2] http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2015/equation-grou...