Apple and Amazon explicitly deny that their servers were compromised by Chinese chips. The report from Bloomberg claims that China spies were able to infiltrate the USA's biggest tech companies by inserting microchips which is the size of “a grain of rice” into the Chinese-manufactured servers that are a part of the tech giants’ infrastructure. This probably happens to be the boldest and surprising hardware hacking by a nation that is ever publicly reported. Furthermore, the chip is said to be infiltrated in nearly around 30 US companies, and all the companies said to have discovered the chips on their own and notified US authorities, but both Apple and Amazon are refusing the claim and saying that there is no truth in the story. Furthermore, the chip is said to be siphoning off data and letting in new code like a Trojan Horse. Bloomberg also reports that Amazon and Apple discovered the hack through internal investigations and reported it to US authorities. However, the report doesn't state any direct evidence that the data of users was stolen or tampered with, but both Amazon and Apple silently worked on removing the compromised servers from their infrastructure. The attack was reportedly carried out via the US-based company Super Micro Computer Inc. The ...
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