Hardware implants and other cyber FUD

- [Instructor] In October 2018 Bloomberg created a sensation … by announcing that the Chinese had implanted tiny chips … in the servers of an American company Super Micro Computer. … The article reported that the servers were supplied … to the Department of Defense … and other sensitive government agencies, … as well as industrial firms such as Amazon and Apple. … In a letter sent to its customers Super Micro reported … that their investigations found no evidence … of Bloomberg's claim. … Apple and Amazon also very quickly denied the findings … and called on Bloomberg to retract the story. … Eventually, one of Bloomberg's named sources … said that his comments were taken out of context, … and he actually told Bloomberg … that what it had reported didn't make sense. … While he had discussed … the theoretical feasibility with Bloomberg, … he'd never suggested that they'd been used … in the Super Micro board. … His overall take on the piece … was that the technical details were taken … from an earlier black hat presentation he had made …