Super Micro hack

dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
Haven't seen anyone post this: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies?srnd=premium

I know what a lot of sys admins will be doing for the next several months.
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  • gespensterngespenstern Member Posts: 1,243 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Security folks, be aware that FireEye uses SuperMicro hardware under the hood in custom repackaged cases.
  • iBrokeITiBrokeIT Member Posts: 1,318 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I can't help but wonder if China has already moved on to another supplier that everyone will be dumping SuperMicro for.
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  • paul78paul78 Member Posts: 3,016 ■■■■■■■■■■
    "Two of Elemental’s biggest early clients were the Mormon church, which used the technology to beam sermons to congregations around the world, and the adult film industry, which did not."

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  • shochanshochan Member Posts: 1,014 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Very interesting article, thxs for posting!
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  • --chris----chris-- Member Posts: 1,518 ■■■■■□□□□□
    paul78 wrote: »
    "Two of Elemental’s biggest early clients were the Mormon church, which used the technology to beam sermons to congregations around the world, and the adult film industry, which did not."

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    You and I sir, catch only the finer things in these articles LOL.
  • DZA_DZA_ Member Posts: 467 ■■■■■■■□□□
    The plot thickens: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qv9npv/bloomberg-china-supermicro-apple-hack

    Grab your popcorn, its gonna be a M. Night Shyamalan twist!
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