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'China hack attack hits Apple and Amazon' 1 hour ago

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45747983

Apple and Amazon are among US companies and agencies who have had data stolen by Chinese spies, claims Bloomberg.

The data had been siphoned off via tiny chips inserted on server circuit boards made by a company called Super Micro Computer, reported the news agency.

The servers had been compromised during manufacturing and the chips activated once they were up and running, it said.

Apple, Amazon and Super Micro have rejected Bloomberg's claims, calling them "untrue".

Bloomberg said a year-long investigation by reporters Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley had uncovered evidence of the wide-ranging attack, which gave Beijing access to 30 large companies and many federal agencies.
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Bad form to do business with the Chinese. They are not our friends.
 
JacksinPA said:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45747983

Apple and Amazon are among US companies and agencies who have had data stolen by Chinese spies, claims Bloomberg.

The data had been siphoned off via tiny chips inserted on server circuit boards made by a company called Super Micro Computer, reported the news agency.

The servers had been compromised during manufacturing and the chips activated once they were up and running, it said.

Apple, Amazon and Super Micro have rejected Bloomberg's claims, calling them "untrue".

Bloomberg said a year-long investigation by reporters Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley had uncovered evidence of the wide-ranging attack, which gave Beijing access to 30 large companies and many federal agencies.
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Bad form to do business with the Chinese. They are not our friends.
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Trump certainly was aware of this when he began the lobbying campaign to get Apple's (and FAANG in general) manufacturing out of china and one of the major reason Trump is so aggressive toward China. They are trying to bring us down without firing a shot. All of American's technology manufacturing needs to be out of China.

Notice the opportune timing of the article? Everything is political today.

Next question, how do I know if I have that chip in my phone?
 
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So Bloomberg says it happened, Apple and Amazon say it didn't. In fact, Apple did something it normally doesn't do in matters like these. It issued a statement:

Over the course of the past year, Bloomberg has contacted us multiple times with claims, sometimes vague and sometimes elaborate, of an alleged security incident at Apple. Each time, we have conducted rigorous internal investigations based on their inquiries and each time we have found absolutely no evidence to support any of them. We have repeatedly and consistently offered factual responses, on the record, refuting virtually every aspect of Bloomberg’s story relating to Apple.

On this we can be very clear: Apple has never found malicious chips, “hardware manipulations” or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server. Apple never had any contact with the FBI or any other agency about such an incident. We are not aware of any investigation by the FBI, nor are our contacts in law enforcement....

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...k-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond
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So I admit that I'm flummoxed as to what the truth is, although I tend to believe Apple and Amazon's version of events.
 
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