The big hack: How China used a tiny chip to steal data from US companies like Amazon, Apple

China hack US companies ,Amazon highlighted the malicious chips in its three-year secret investigation while investigating servers manufactured by startups called Elemental Technologies, which Amazon finally achieved.

Bloomberg reported that China had put small chips in computer equipment manufactured for about 30 American companies, including Apple and Amazon, referring to government and corporate sources. The report further states that chips were used in devices made for various US companies and government agencies.

According to Bloomberg, Amazon revealed malicious chips in its three-year secret investigation, while investigating servers manufactured by startups called Elemental Technologies, which Amazon finally received.

Bloomberg also said that a unit of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has infiltrated a supply chain of computer hardware manufacturer Super Micro Computer Inc. in order to install malicious chips that could be used to steal corporate and government secrets.

The investigation found that the Elemental servers gathered by Super Micro were suppressed with small microchips, which were not part of their design, Bloomberg said. Amazon told the matter to the US authorities, who determined that chips have allowed attackers to create “a stealth door” in the network using those servers.

The White House National Security Advisor John Bolton told Bloomberg that the Chinese cyber attack on the US stresses the administration of the aggressive Cyber ​​Operation of its own. He did not confirm whether or not the White House was aware of Cyber ​​Hack before Bloomberg’s report.

According to the report, Apple had planned to order 30,000 Supermicro Servers in the first two years. Bloomberg also told that in 2015, Apple found malicious chips in servers purchased with a hardware manufacturer, citing insiders of three unknown companies. It has been said in the report that in 2016, Apple had broken relations with Supermicro for unconnected reasons.

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