<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Supermicro's response at <a href="https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm">https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 12:03 PM Randy Bush <<a href="mailto:randy@psg.com">randy@psg.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">re: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies</a><br>
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from a side convo with a well known sec researcher:<br>
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>> saw that a couple of years back when apple tossed them out.  so who<br>
>> do we know that is for sure not poisoned.  and therein lies the rub.<br>
> Yup<br>
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truth is, i am surprised they had to add a chip, and one of the larger<br>
dies was not already trojaned.<br>
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have visions of the chinese implant on box A fighting with the american<br>
implant on box B with occasional jabs from the israelis from box C.<br>
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what i would love to see/know is how apple tries to vet the macs made in<br>
shenzhen.<br>
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randy<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">- Andrew "lathama" Latham -</div></div>