- #Chinese espionage deploys new rootkit compatible update#
- #Chinese espionage deploys new rootkit compatible code#
Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military network data to China-the result of code hidden in chips that handled the machines’ startup process. Super Micro spy chip story, take twoīloomberg has today run a new report that initially reads as if it is a completely new story. A deep-dive analysis found the claims to be impossible.
One of Bloomberg’s sources told them the story made no sense. The Department of Homeland Security did the same. I explained at the time the five reasons I believed Apple, with four more reasons emerging to make it abundantly clear that the Cupertino company was telling the truth. Apple said it had fully investigated the claims, and later provided off-the-record details of that investigation. In a statement to CNBC, Apple said, “We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Bloomberg’s reporters have not been open to the possibility that they or their sources might be wrong or misinformed.”ĭenials of the story were rapid and overwhelming. Apple is strongly refuting this report, sending out press statements to several publications, not just Bloomberg. Bloomberg claims Apple found these chips on its server motherboards in 2015. Here’s how we reported the original story in October 2018.īloomberg has today published a report claiming that companies including Amazon and Apple found Chinese surveillance chips in their server hardware contracted from Super Micro.
#Chinese espionage deploys new rootkit compatible update#
Today’s update claims that spy chips were found in Super Micro servers at the US Department of Defense … Background The original story was met with blanket and unambiguous denials from everyone from Apple to the NSA, and the media company was roundly condemned for failing to either provide supporting evidence or retract the claim.
Bloomberg is resurrecting the Super Micro spy chip story it first ran in 2018.
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