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China has been installing tiny microchips, roughly the size of a grain of rice, on the motherboards of countless servers imported into the U.S

October 4, 2018 by Paul Spoerry 1 Comment



China Used a Tiny Chip in a Hack That Infiltrated U.S. Companies
The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies by compromising America’s technology supply chain.

A new report by Bloomberg, which states that the clandestine microchips were first found by Amazon in 2015, which in turn reportedly alerted America’s intelligence agencies.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), which has a contract with the CIA, was investigating a company called Elemental Technologies for a potential acquisition when it allegedly uncovered the microchips. Elemental’s products, along with that of a company called Supermicro, are used by everyone from the U.S. Navy to the CIA.

“The chips had been inserted during the manufacturing process, two officials say, by operatives from a unit of the People’s Liberation Army. In Supermicro, China’s spies appear to have found a perfect conduit for what U.S. officials now describe as the most significant supply chain attack known to have been carried out against American companies.”

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. Ac Tro says

    October 4, 2018 at 10:40 am

    Nah..and NSA didn't sniff anything suspect going out? Bet that is fake news..

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