Security threats which affect hardware include malware and viruses that target the software that runs directly on the hardware. It also includes physical tampering, such as physical connection to the hardware to read data and implant malware.
EnglishTRANSLATORS: this is to explain an event that has already happened
This issue could have been caused by a change in UEFI firmware settings, an operating system configuration change, or because of malicious software on this system.