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Guru3D.com » News » Supermicro along with Apple and Amazon refute claims in Bloomberg story

Supermicro along with Apple and Amazon refute claims in Bloomberg story

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/05/2018 08:59 AM | source: supermicro | 43 comment(s)
Supermicro along with Apple and Amazon refute claims in Bloomberg story

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, strongly refutes reports that servers it sold to customers contained malicious microchips in the motherboards of those systems.

In an article today, it is alleged that Supermicro motherboards sold to certain customers contained malicious chips on its motherboards in 2015. Supermicro has never found any malicious chips, nor been informed by any customer that such chips have been found.

Each company mentioned in the article (Supermicro, Apple, Amazonand Elemental) has issued strong statements denying the claims:

Apple stated on CNBC, "We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Bloomberg's reporters have not been open to the possibility that they or their sources might be wrong or misinformed. Our best guess is that they are confusing their story with a previously reported 2016 incident in which we discovered an infected driver on a single Supermicro server in one of our labs. That one-time event was determined to be accidental and not a targeted attack against Apple."

Steve Schmidt, Chief Information Security Officer at Amazon Web Services stated, "As we shared with Bloomberg BusinessWeek multiple times over the last couple months, at no time, past or present, have we ever found any issues relating to modified hardware or malicious chips in Supermicro motherboards in any Elemental or Amazon systems.‎" 

Supermicro has never been contacted by any government agencies either domestic or foreign regarding the alleged claims.

Supermicro takes all security claims very seriously and makes continuous investments in the security capabilities of their products. The manufacture of motherboards in China is not unique to Supermicro and is a standard industry practice. Nearly all systems providers use the same contract manufacturers. Supermicro qualifies and certifies every contract manufacturer and routinely inspects their facilities and processes closely.







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vbetts
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#5592670 Posted on: 10/05/2018 02:16 PM
So basically it seems like the equivalent to clickbait for Bloomberg.

JamesSneed
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#5592681 Posted on: 10/05/2018 02:59 PM
I would expect a lawsuit to be imminent as Super MIcro has a very good case for damages. Amazon just handed the case to them by saying we told Bloomberg reporters for months that this server espionage was not the case.

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#5592698 Posted on: 10/05/2018 03:41 PM
Bloomberg = Fake news. I don't like Trump but he's right about the whole "fake news" thing in the media.

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#5592873 Posted on: 10/05/2018 11:23 PM
So basically it seems like the equivalent to clickbait for Bloomberg.

Not just for Bloomberg :D...This is a totally recycled story we've got here. The original story clearly said 'Amazon, Apple, and Supermicro disputed summaries of Bloomberg Businessweek’s reporting.'

I knew that chip could not do what it was being claimed to do.

I'm not so sure about that. This sounds feasible to me. One chip can do a lot.

Nothing new here yet. We still know nothing for sure.
Right now we've allegedly got anonymous 17 sources confirming various parts of this story.
My faith in 'anonymous sources' = 0.
We've got no sample, or even picture, of the hardware in question.
The FBI's refusal to comment, and denials of knowledge by all of the parties involved would be normal for a 'secret FBI investigation'.

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#5592884 Posted on: 10/05/2018 11:43 PM
Bloomberg = Fake news. I don't like Trump but he's right about the whole "fake news" thing in the media.


This is the danger. Taking one story like this and painting all of media with it. So, no he's isn't especially since what he's claiming is 'fake news' are factual articles about him. So lets be careful in how we describe things.
Back on topic.
This story smelled from the beginning to me simply from the lack of even one physical device being uncovered. Not a one.

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