https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/supermicro-says-investigation-firm-found-no-spy-chips/
By Romain Dillet
Techcrunch.com
December 11, 2018
Supermicro has sent a letter to its customers saying that it has found no
evidence of malicious chips on its motherboards. The company asked
third-party company Nardello & Co. to audit Supermicro’s hardware.
On October 4, a Bloomberg report claimed that China's spies managed to
conceal tiny malicious chips on Supermicro motherboards. Those chips would
then end up in data centers operated by Supermicro customers, such as
Amazon and Apple.
The article quickly became controversial as nobody could corroborate the
story. Both Apple and Amazon issued multiple rebuttals, putting their own
reputation on the line.
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