The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (Apple, Amazon)

[F250 29,178]

Starting to look like Bloomberg really screwed the pooch on this one.

 

[Parliament 14,565]

So we're good then?

[Trey3216 15,450]

On 10/7/2018 at 9:47 PM, XYZ said:

It’s evident that protecting the big corporations by any means necessary is one of the federal government’s top priorities, probably #2, only slightly less important than protecting itself. Fuck the rule of law. And for sure fuck the people.

I’m no backer of the government, but in the case of companies like this, it can absolutely be put in the category of national security concerns.  (If it’s true of course)

Edited October 9, 2018 by Trey3216

[TwiceHorn 31,995]

It would be an initially cool job to review actual products and compare them to design/manufacture documents and find explanations for the discrepancies.  Maybe tedious in the final analysis,

[pacman 7,494]

Cybersecurity incidents and secrecy go hand in hand, unfortunately. I am going to guess the truth is somewhere in the middle. Chips have been found, how long has this rumor been around? lol, but nowhere near widespread.

 

Nevertheless, it's silly to allow any of our core infrastructure to be developed outside the US, you would think. But, let's be honest, the min. wage assembly workers in the US are no more trustworthy.

Nothing is trusted. Defense in depth is the only way to run security around here.

Edited October 9, 2018 by pacman

[Hank Scorpio 17,924]

I thought it was weird that the letter from Apple to Congress denying the security breach was written in Chinese. 

[El Diablo 4,232]

34 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I thought it was weird that the letter from Apple to Congress denying the security breach was written in Chinese. 

First clue should have been the odd tasting Coke from the vending machine at headquarters.

[pacman 7,494]

DEAR mr. CoNGRess, i happy, denied ny beachez by China. Reward all of $1,000,000 from president netabuyadhgjk for your campaign. 

[Craftywidget 9,687]

More from Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/new-evidence-of-hacked-supermicro-hardware-found-in-u-s-telecom

This time with Supermicro hardware and an unnamed US telecommunications company.

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5 hours ago, Parliament said:

So we're good then?

Perhaps, it seems that the Bloomberg article was probably bullshit.

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2 hours ago, pacman said:

Cybersecurity incidents and secrecy go hand in hand, unfortunately. I am going to guess the truth is somewhere in the middle. Chips have been found, how long has this rumor been around? lol, but nowhere near widespread.

 

Nevertheless, it's silly to allow any of our core infrastructure to be developed outside the US, you would think. But, let's be honest, the min. wage assembly workers in the US are no more trustworthy.

Nothing is trusted. Defense in depth is the only way to run security around here.

I don't have a big concern with this kind of manufacturing being done overseas. These security issues that seem to freak the layperson out can be mitigated with supply chain security and network monitoring and other controls. As you put it, "defense in depth."