Re: bloomberg on supermicro: sky is falling

[Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com>]

Supermicro's response at
https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 12:03 PM Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:

> re:
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
>
> from a side convo with a well known sec researcher:
>
> > > saw that a couple of years back when apple tossed them out.  so who
> > > do we know that is for sure not poisoned.  and therein lies the rub.
> > Yup
>
> truth is, i am surprised they had to add a chip, and one of the larger
> dies was not already trojaned.
>
> have visions of the chinese implant on box A fighting with the american
> implant on box B with occasional jabs from the israelis from box C.
>
> what i would love to see/know is how apple tries to vet the macs made in
> shenzhen.
>
> randy


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