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2018-10-04 15:57
Many US companies, including Amazon and Apple, have been the victims of a clever supply chain attack that resulted in compromised hardware (servers) being installed at some of their facilities, an explosive report by Bloomberg claims. A summary The compromised servers are by Portland-based Elemental Technologies and were assembled by San Jose-based company Super Micro Computer (aka Supermicro). The compromised motherboards were allegedly assembled by four subcontracting factories in China. According to the report, which … More → The post China allegedly infiltrated US companies through implanted hardware backdoors appeared first on Help Net Security.
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