FBI Doesn't Want You to Know Who Hacked Facebook

[bit_user]

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Speaking of hacks, why haven't you guys covered the Lenovo/ZTE/Supermicro malicious hardware story, at all?

Is that the story where Bloomberg claims that a malicious chip resides on certain SuperMicro servers that were only sold to certain customers that everyone involved is saying is completely false?

That sounds like it. Whether or not it's false, I'd expect some coverage of the whole issue on PC news sites like Tom's.

If we're talking about the same story, Tom's did cover it.

Really? I didn't see it in the news feed. Search turns up nothing.

Link?

BTW, I haven't read too much about it, but most of the denials are by cloud providers that would stand to lose business if it were true, and others talking about why they think it seems unlikely. Basically, all circumstantial. I haven't read anyone who's actually reviewed the evidence provided by Bloomberg and debunked it.

Lately, I don't trust Tom's to honestly cover the industry. The reviews seem legit, but I can easily imagine them skipping a controversy that would embarrass a big advertiser.

 

[audiospecaccts]

Looking at this:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies

well if it was just added on, desolder it off the board.

If that story is true, then we need to get back all of our assembly plants in the US that they moved to China and Mexico.

 

[sykozis]

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Speaking of hacks, why haven't you guys covered the Lenovo/ZTE/Supermicro malicious hardware story, at all?

Is that the story where Bloomberg claims that a malicious chip resides on certain SuperMicro servers that were only sold to certain customers that everyone involved is saying is completely false?

That sounds like it. Whether or not it's false, I'd expect some coverage of the whole issue on PC news sites like Tom's.

If we're talking about the same story, Tom's did cover it.

Really? I didn't see it in the news feed. Search turns up nothing.

Link?

BTW, I haven't read too much about it, but most of the denials are by cloud providers that would stand to lose business if it were true, and others talking about why they think it seems unlikely. Basically, all circumstantial. I haven't read anyone who's actually reviewed the evidence provided by Bloomberg and debunked it.

Lately, I don't trust Tom's to honestly cover the industry. The reviews seem legit, but I can easily imagine them skipping a controversy that would embarrass a big advertiser.

Sorry for the late reply.

It does appear that Tom's pulled the article, as well as their subsequent article containing responses from Apple, Amazon and SuperMicro.

 

[bit_user]

Sorry for the late reply.

It does appear that Tom's pulled the article, as well as their subsequent article containing responses from Apple, Amazon and SuperMicro.

Thanks for following-up on this.

I wish we could get some independent confirmation of Bloomberg's findings.

 

[stdragon]

*puts on my shiny tinfoil hat*

It was at the request of the NSA I'm sure!

*takes off said shiny hat*