Bloomberg Businessweek Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== "The Big Hack" controversy <span class="anchor" id="The_Big_Hack"></span> ==== On October 4, 2018, ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' published "The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies", an article by Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley which claimed that [[China]] had hacked dozens of technology corporations including [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] by placing an extra integrated circuit on a [[Supermicro]] server motherboard during manufacturing.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2019-05-30|title=China Used a Tiny Chip in a Hack That Infiltrated U.S. Companies|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies|date=4 October 2018|website=Bloomberg Businessweek|first1=Jordan|last1=Robertson|first2=Michael|last2=Riley}}</ref> Pingwest, a media company founded in [[Silicon Valley]] and based in [[Beijing]], identified the chip mentioned in the article as a [[balun]]. Pingwest pointed out that its size made it impossible to implement any form of attack; it did not have the storage space required to store commands that would allow a [[hacker]] to infiltrate the hardware. They suggested that ''Businessweek'' had underestimated security standards employed by Amazon and Apple.<ref>{{Cite web |title=彭博社曝光的"间谍芯片",我在淘宝1块钱就能买一个 |url=https://www.pingwest.com/a/178013 |access-date=2022-05-21 |work=pingwest.com |language=zh}}</ref> The claims by Bloomberg have been heavily questioned. By 2 p.m. on the day of publication, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], and [[Supermicro]] issued blanket denials, which Bloomberg reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond|date=4 October 2018|title=The Big Hack: Statements From Amazon, Apple, Supermicro, and the Chinese Government|website=[[Bloomberg News]]}}</ref> Within the week, the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] stated that it saw no reason to question those refutations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/10/06/statement-dhs-press-secretary-recent-media-reports-potential-supply-chain-compromise|date=6 October 2018|title=Statement from DHS Press Secretary on Recent Media Reports of Potential Supply Chain Compromise}}</ref> The [[National Security Agency]] and [[Government Communications Headquarters]] and [[National_Cyber_Security_Centre_(United_Kingdom)|NCSC]] also denied the article's claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/dhs-and-gchq-join-amazon-and-apple-in-denying-bloomberg-chip-hack-story/|title=DHS and GCHQ join Amazon and Apple in denying Bloomberg chip hack story|publisher=[[ZDNet]]|access-date=Oct 7, 2018}}</ref> In 2021, Bloomberg published a follow-up article standing by its allegations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Jordan |last2=Riley |first2=Michael |date=2021-02-12 |title=The Long Hack: How China Exploited a U.S. Tech Supplier |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-supermicro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721093448/https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-supermicro/ |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-27 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Moss |first=Sebastian |date=February 12, 2021 |title=Years later, Bloomberg doubles down on disputed Supermicro supply chain hack story |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/years-later-bloomberg-doubles-down-disputed-supermicro-supply-chain-hack-story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727121852/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/years-later-bloomberg-doubles-down-disputed-supermicro-supply-chain-hack-story/ |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |access-date=July 27, 2023 |work=Data Center Dynamics}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page