A security researcher has found an unexpected dollop of data in a firmware update released for Kingston's KC2000 M.2 NVMe SSD product line. But this isn't a bug or vulnerability — what he found were the lyrics from a Coldplay song. Nicholas Starke was understandably somewhat astonished by his discovery, so reached out to Bleeping Computer to discuss the seemingly random act of stuffing soft-rock lyrics in SSD firmware.
"I have absolutely no clue why it is in the firmware," Starke told Bleeping Computer, adding that, in his years as a researcher and reverse engineer, he has "seen nothing like it." Sadly, the source publication wasn't able to help Starke with his query, but confirmed that the lyrics were indeed squirreled away in the KC2000 firmware. Kingston has yet to comment on the finding, and the only possible reason Bleeping Computer can suggest for lyrics' inclusion is "as sample data for testing."
