Report: Supermicro servers compromised by Chinese hardware backdoors
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Unless you're reading this website by pure happenstance, it's pretty likely that you're familiar with the Supermicro name. You may have ordered some of the company's server hardware at some point, in fact. If you're even mildly concerned with data security, you may want to step on over to Bloomberg and read the site's latest feature article. The publication claims it has testimony from many sources, including "six current and former national security officials" plus insiders at Amazon and Apple, asserting that a massive US government investigation is ongoing regarding hardware backdoors installed in some Supermicro server motherboards used by as many as 30 U.S. companies.
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