Hi,
I've heard those denials too, but experience tells us there's no smoke
without fire... not that I use supermicro anyway so my data only goers
to NSA, not the MSS :)
cheers
On 05/10/2018 10:20, Florian Valette wrote:
> HI,
>
> It seems to be a Fake News...?
>
> Supermicro refutes :
>
> https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm
> [1]
>
> Apple denied too :
>
> _"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._
>
> _In response to Bloomberg's latest version of the narrative, we present the
> following facts: Siri and Topsy never shared servers; Siri has never been
> deployed on servers sold to us by Super Micro; and Topsy data was limited to
> approximately 2,000 Super Micro servers, not 7,000. None of those servers has
> ever been found to hold malicious chips._
>
> _As a matter of practice, before servers are put into production at Apple
> they are inspected for security vulnerabilities and we update all firmware
> and software with the latest protections. We did not uncover any unusual
> vulnerabilities in the servers we purchased from Super Micro when we updated
> the firmware and software according to our standard procedures._
>
> _We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Bloomberg's
> reporters have not been open to the possibility that they or their sources
> might be wrong or misinformed. Our best guess is that they are confusing
> their story with a previously-reported 2016 incident in which we discovered
> an infected driver on a single Super Micro server in one of our labs. That
> one-time event was determined to be accidental and not a targeted attack
> against Apple._
>
> _While there has been no claim that customer data was involved, we take these
> allegations seriously and we want users to know that we do everything
> possible to safeguard the personal information they entrust to us. We also
> want them to know that what Bloomberg is reporting about Apple is
> inaccurate._
>
> _Apple has always believed in being transparent about the ways we handle and
> protect data. If there were ever such an event as Bloomberg News has claimed,
> we would be forthcoming about it and we would work closely with law
> enforcement. Apple engineers conduct regular and rigorous security screenings
> to ensure that our systems are safe. We know that security is an endless race
> and that's why we constantly fortify our systems against increasingly
> sophisticated hackers and cybercriminals who want to steal our data. ยป_
>
> AWS is saying this in untrue :
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__aws.amazon.com_blogs_security_setting-2Dthe-2Drecord-2Dstraight-2Don-2Dbloomberg-2Dbusinessweeks-2Derroneous-2Darticle_&d=DwIFAg&c=4DxX-JX0i28X6V65hK0ftwVK1xnmwcYC0vo7GVya1JY&r=NGLqjlg8Gqjal0G8jzVjweKfIgMnEHJdMIgB0mMqqt8&m=4umDOyc_2f8DSiCtG_AvPlliL0yuDZKcJDPX23xkdcI&s=IVl33wh7j2kT9A8phJg8TmcO8aG-siRF8sV9TAnT4nk&e
> [2]
>
> Regards,
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Florian Valette
>
> _Innovation is freedom_
>
> Email: florian.vale...@corp.ovh.com
>
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> FROM: AusNOG <ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Noel Butler
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> DATE: Friday, 5 October 2018 at 10:00 am
> TO: Ausnog <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net>
> SUBJECT: [AusNOG] supermicro stocks dive
>
> given when this broke a couple days ago
>
> https://www.securityweek.com/china-used-tiny-chips-us-computers-steal-secrets-report
>
>
> overnight nasdaq supermicro stocks down 41%
>
> seems cant trust much coming out of China these days. though, you cant trust
> anything coming out of the USA either.
>
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>
> Noel Butler
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