China allegedly infiltrated Apple and other US companies that use "spy" chips on their servers Bloomberg
said the goal was to obtain an entry point within the company's systems
to obtain IP information or confidential information.
While the small servers themselves were limited in terms of direct capabilities, they represented a "hidden gateway" that could allow elements operating in China to change the way the device works to access information remotely.
Once he got to know the program, the US government spied on the spies behind the chips, but according to Bloomberg, he did not know that the consumer data had been stolen through the attacks. So far, this episode represents one of the most surprising spyware programs of the Chinese government so far. Bloomberg reported that the super macro motherboard specialist in the United States had been hacked into China when government groups allegedly infiltrated its supply chain to attach small chips, some of them the size of a pencil head, to motherboards that ended up in The servers deployed in Us Ready to obtain information on what could be one of the largest corporate spyware programs in a national state. The Chinese government has been able to access the servers of more than 30 companies in the United States, including Apple, according to an explosive Bloomberg report published today.
According to the story, the chips were discovered and reported to the FBI by Amazon, which I found during the due diligence procedures before its acquisition in 2015 of Elemental Systems, the company that had a series of contracts with the US government, Apple, which apparently has up to 7000 super small servers in peak. Bloomberg said the Amazon had cleaned it in a month. Apple has already severed its relationship with Super-micro in 2016 but rejected a claim by The Information, which at that time said it was based on a security problem. Ready to get information on what could be one of the largest corporate spyware programs in a nation-state? The Chinese government has been able to access the servers of more than 30 companies in the United States, including Apple, according to an explosive Bloomberg report published today.
Meanwhile, Amazon completed the agreement with Elemental Systems, valued at $ 500 million, after converting its program into the AWS cloud. Meanwhile, transactions in the NASDAQ stock market were suspended in August after the quarterly reports were not submitted on time. The company is likely to be canceled after the expiration of the appeal period.
Amazon, Apple, Super-micro and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs have denied all of Bloomberg's findings through solid and extensive data, with a complete list of responses here. The publication alleges that it obtained its information using at least 17 people familiar with the developments, including six US officials and four Apple members.
