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February 12, 2021 01:50 pm
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The Long Hack: How China Exploited a U.S. Tech Supplier
Supermicro chips and software were tampered with by Chinese operatives in the past decade, Bloomberg reported Friday, doubling down on its 2018 report that was widely disputed by several tech giants and government agencies. Today's report says that U.S. security and defense officials knew of the hack but kept it secret in an effort to learn more about China's hacking capabilities. From the report: Bloomberg Businessweek first reported on China's meddling with Supermicro products in October 2018, in an article that focused on accounts of added malicious chips found on server motherboards in 2015. That story said Apple and Amazon.com had discovered the chips on equipment they'd purchased. Supermicro, Apple and Amazon publicly called for a retraction. U.S. government officials also disputed the article. With additional reporting, it's now clear that the Businessweek report captured only part of a larger chain of events in which U.S. officials first suspected, then investigated, monitored and tried to manage China's repeated manipulation of Supermicro's products. Throughout, government officials kept their findings from the general public. Supermicro itself wasn't told about the FBI's counterintelligence investigation, according to three former U.S. officials. The secrecy lifted occasionally, as the bureau and other government agencies warned a select group of companies and sought help from outside experts. Some stories from 2018 that capture the reaction of the industry to Bloomberg's earlier piece: Amazon Has Pulled Ads From Bloomberg Over Controversial 'Big Hack' Chinese Spy Story; Apple Has Not Invited Outlet's Reporters To a Product Event;In an Unprecedented Move, Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls For Bloomberg To Retract Its Chinese Spy Chip Story; Bloomberg is Still Reporting on Challenged Story Regarding China Hardware Hack.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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