Apple and Amazon servers reportedly hacked by Chinese military

By Cyber, Data center

Apple and Amazon servers reportedly hacked by Chinese military

A report published by Bloomberg today (paywall) details a targeted attack on American technology companies, whereby the Chinese military pressured manufacturers to install malicious chips into hardware destined for data centers run by Amazon and Apple.

Over two dozen other US tech companies also unwittingly received such chips, according to the article.

Quartz

https://qz.com/1413437/apple-and-amazon-servers-reportedly-hacked-by-chinese-military/amp/

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies – Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies

Bloomberg’s spy chip story reveals the murky world of national security reporting | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/bloomberg-spy-chip-murky-world-national-security-reporting/

Chinese chip spying report shows the supply chain remains the ultimate weakness | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/china-spy-hack-chip-bloomberg-supply-chain/

More from tokioX :

  1. Liquid cooling for servers: Achieved 94% reduction in power consumption!
  2. Chinese cranes: spy tools?
  3. The biggest data breaches of all time, ranked
  4. Chinese Intelligence Officers and Their Recruited Hackers and Insiders Conspired to Steal Sensitive Commercial Aviation and Technological Data for Years
  5. Here’s how to find out if your Facebook was hacked in the breach
  6. US Treasury sanctions North Korea over Sony hack and WannaCry attack
  7. 💽Apple to transfer Chinese customer iCloud operations to GCBD at the end of February