Method of detecting hacker attacks and corresponding integrated circuit package

Abstract

Hacker attacks that involve stimulating voltage variations in an integrated circuit package are detected by deploying a network of elementary detectors distributed across the integrated circuit package. Each detector is positioned at a respective location within the package and is configured to generate an alarm signal in response to a voltage variation occurring at that specific location. The elementary detectors include a first component and a second component (such as flip-flops) with respective outputs configured to be set to complementary binary levels. Logic circuitry is coupled to the outputs of the first and second components and is designed to generate an alarm signal when the outputs of the first and second components no longer exhibit complementary binary levels, indicating a hacker attack involving a localized voltage variation within the integrated circuit package.

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