https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/19/18000876/apple-tim-cook-retract-chinese-spy-chip-story-bloomberg

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Apple CEO Tim Cook called on Bloomberg to retract its story alleging that Chinese spies compromised a company server through the use of malicious microchips. It’s the first time Cook has gone on the record to contest the allegations.

“This did not happen. There’s no truth to this,” Cook said in the interview.