Argus Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 Hacking has almost always been associated with software, but the Chinese have gone one further. Since so much of our hardware is either built or assembled in China they've figured a way to hide secret chips on motherboards manufactured for American companies which will give them access to the computers and servers they're attached to. The first example found was a tiny chip, but since then they've figured out how to make them so flat they actually slide them in between layers of the board itself to make them virtually undetectable. These were found in servers at amazon and apple, among others. Everyone involved is denying it - sort of, but this doesn't seem like a story that was written on the spur of the moment, and Bloomberg is a pretty respectable organization. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies?srnd=premium-canada 1 Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 No surprise with this....U.S. intelligence agencies started doing such things many decades ago (e.g. Xerox photo copiers) during the Cold War. The Soviets could not build their own own versions of American copiers, so the periodic service calls were used to retrieve documents recorded to an embedded device. Once they were busted, Xerox sales suffered abroad. The Chinese have updated this method at the hardware design and manufacturing level. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Michael Hardner Posted October 4, 2018 Report Posted October 4, 2018 https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/what-businessweek-got-wrong-about-apple/ Quote Over the course of the past year, Bloomberg has contacted us multiple times with claims, sometimes vague and sometimes elaborate, of an alleged security incident at Apple. Each time, we have conducted rigorous internal investigations based on their inquiries and each time we have found absolutely no evidence to support any of them. We have repeatedly and consistently offered factual responses, on the record, refuting virtually every aspect of Bloomberg’s story relating to Apple. On this we can be very clear: Apple has never found malicious chips, “hardware manipulations” or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server. Apple never had any contact with the FBI or any other agency about such an incident. We are not aware of any investigation by the FBI, nor are our contacts in law enforcement. Strong denial from Apple is making some say this story was inserted in the press, done as a deliberate smear of China. Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 5, 2018 Report Posted October 5, 2018 4 hours ago, Michael Hardner said: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/what-businessweek-got-wrong-about-apple/ Strong denial from Apple is making some say this story was inserted in the press, done as a deliberate smear of China. Perhaps, but Apple and other Big Data hardware vendors have already been busted "spying" on customers and/or enabling surreptitious monitoring and collection of private data as a business strategy. 1 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
eyeball Posted October 7, 2018 Report Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) On 10/4/2018 at 8:44 PM, bush_cheney2004 said: Perhaps, but Apple and other Big Data hardware vendors have already been busted "spying" on customers and/or enabling surreptitious monitoring and collection of private data as a business strategy. Not to mention they're being pressured by our governments to create back-doors to our smartphones and such. All governments are more or less heading in the same direction now. Virtue is so far towards the back of the bus it risks being dragged to death. Popcorn? Edited October 7, 2018 by eyeball Quote I said now watch what you say they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, oh fanatical criminal
cannuck Posted October 25, 2018 Report Posted October 25, 2018 Chinese hacking is NOT the kid next door playing games, it is a national strategy used by (mostly Red Army) professionals to gather information for analysts to use for military, diplomatic, political but mostly ECONOMIC advantage. Quote
Argus Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Posted January 8, 2019 On 10/4/2018 at 7:13 PM, Michael Hardner said: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/what-businessweek-got-wrong-about-apple/ Strong denial from Apple is making some say this story was inserted in the press, done as a deliberate smear of China. Apple does a shitload of business in China and makes most of its phones there. It can't afford to piss off the Chinees government. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
Michael Hardner Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 10 hours ago, Argus said: Apple does a shitload of business in China and makes most of its phones there. It can't afford to piss off the Chinees government. It's been awhile but I don't think it was Apple. Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
GostHacked Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 18 hours ago, Michael Hardner said: It's been awhile but I don't think it was Apple. Apple via a company called Foxconn in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides Instead of addressing the slave labour issues and suicide, nets were put into place to save them from ending their miserable lives. Quote
Michael Hardner Posted January 9, 2019 Report Posted January 9, 2019 Nonetheless - am I wrong here but doesn't the article exorcise the Chinese ? Quote Looks like someone has a new patronizing catch phrase ! Michael Hardner
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.