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ArnoldW2

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WOW! This is big!
« on: October 05, 2018, 05:33:52 pm »
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

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The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple.  The security of the global technology supply chain had been compromised, even if consumers and most companies didn’t know it yet.

Nested on the servers’ motherboards, the testers found a tiny microchip, not much bigger than a grain of rice, that wasn’t part of the boards’ original design. Amazon reported the discovery to U.S. authorities, sending a shudder through the intelligence community.

Many years ago, a belief formed that China was unlikely to jeopardize its position as workshop to the world by letting its spies meddle in its factories. That left the decision about where to build commercial systems resting largely on where capacity was greatest and cheapest. “You end up with a classic Satan’s bargain,” one former U.S. official says. “You can have less supply than you want and guarantee it’s secure, or you can have the supply you need, but there will be risk. Every organization has accepted the second proposition.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
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Re: WOW! This is big!
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2018, 05:09:12 am »
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?  China might be behind North Korea's rapid development of ICBMs.  If so, it's a 21st version the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Regarding the book, this is a good (IMO) 3-star critical review:   Good book; Bad book

There does seem to be a collision course happening here:  North Korea's ICBMS,  China trying to block off the South China Sea with phony islands, the impending trade war.   We know there's been industrial espionage going on and this is a worst-case example.  Oh yeah, I forgot the recent tit-for-tat demonstrations of being able to shoot down old satellites.  That would be first thing to happen in a war:  take out the communication satellites.

Also worrisome:  why should we think anything has changed regarding countries fighting and conquering each other for the past 2,400 years?   ( http://mature-it.pro/discussions/animated-map-visualizing-2-400-years-of-european-history/) I seriously doubt human nature has changed.
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Re: WOW! This is big!
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2018, 05:10:55 am »
It's a big surprise.

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Re: WOW! This is big!
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2018, 05:17:27 am »
Quote from: unix on October 06, 2018, 05:10:55 am
It's a big surprise.
You forgot the sarcasm tags!  :)
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Re: WOW! This is big!
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2018, 05:21:16 am »

Chinese stole my sarcasm tags.
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WOW! Apple and Amazon Totally Deny Bloomberg Story, DHS Believes Them
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2018, 09:32:45 pm »
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Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What’s Going On With Bloomberg’s China Hack Story

Multiple senior Apple executives, speaking with BuzzFeed News on the condition of anonymity so that they could speak freely, all denied and expressed confusion with a report earlier this week that the company’s servers had been compromised by a Chinese intelligence operation.

Both Amazon and Apple issued uncharacteristically strong and detailed denials of Bloomberg’s claims.

Apple’s broad, categorical denial is essentially unprecedented in its detail.

Bloomberg’s defense of its story is equally forceful.

The result is an unusual stalemate that’s left onlookers baffled.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/apple-china-hacking-bloomberg-servers-spies-fbi




Statement from DHS Press Secretary on Recent Media Reports of Potential Supply Chain Compromise

The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the media reports of a technology supply chain compromise. Like our partners in the UK, the National Cyber Security Centre, at this time we have no reason to doubt the statements from the companies named in the story.

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/10/06/statement-dhs-press-secretary-recent-media-reports-potential-supply-chain-compromise
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