Bloomberg has published information according to which, intelligence agencies, China has undertaken an ambitious attempt hacking three dozen U.S. companies. For this, the spies have implemented a special microchip in the card hundreds of computer systems which was later installed at the American company.
Thus, the hackers had intended to access data centers of big business. This would allow you to read any information available on the servers of companies like Apple and Amazon.
However, the Chinese spies have been disclosed the technology giant of Jeff Bezos. It all started with the purchase of Amazon’s service itself Elemental. Before you start working with a new project, the experts conducted a thorough inspection of the equipment. They found foreign chips on the boards of the company Supermicro. Later it turned out that the «upgraded parts» fell to a number of large business players.
Before you start working with a new project, the experts conducted a thorough inspection of the equipment. Photo: flickr/CC/vax-o-matic/
After the incident with microchips online retailer filed a report about the incident to the relevant authorities. It is believed that US intelligence agencies are still investigating and carefully hide this information. When the attempted break-in became known to Apple, and it was decided to abandon the cooperation with Supermicro.
It is worth noting that the Federal government as enforcement, they avoid to comment about it. Representatives of Apple, Amazon and Supermicro deny any involvement in this story. They claim that they know nothing about the intrusion attempts and the situation with the Chinese hackers.
However, Bloomberg does not doubt the veracity of his words. The journalists said that 17 people have already confirmed the incident. Among them are current or former employees of the company.
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