The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories

The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories

6 years ago
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv9npv/bloomberg-china-supermicro-apple-hack

On Tuesday, Bloomberg Businessweek doubled down on its bombshell report from last week, which alleged China had surreptitiously implanted tiny chips into the motherboards of servers to spy on US companies such as Apple and Amazon. If true, this would be one of the worst hacks in history.

In its new story, Businessweek reports that a US telecom discovered and removed “manipulated hardware” in its servers. The article does not name the telecom and the key claims are all attributed to one source, Yossi Appleboum, co-CEO of security consultant Sepio Systems. Businessweek reports Appleboum provided “documents, analysis, and other evidence,” but does not publish those or provide more information about what types of documents or evidence it has.