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The Bloomberg news service has stood firm on its controversial story from two years ago asserting that China implanted a tiny chip on motherboards made by Supermicro. But rather than proving its contention in a follow-up, it may have inflicted more reputational damage upon itself.
Supermicro s headquarters in San Jose, California
It was portrayed as a sensational supply chain hack: China subverted motherboards made by San Jose, California-based Supermicro, installing spying chips the size of rice grains and opening a door to remote espionage.
But Bloomberg Businessweek s story, which ran on Oct. 4, 2018, generated immediate skepticism. Technical experts said the story didn t ring true. Apple and Amazon issued unusually stern rebuttals after Bloomberg said the companies independently found the spying chips. And the U.S. National Security Agency, in a truly uncharacteristic response, said it was befuddled by the Bloomberg Businessweek report (see:
The follow-up is an inadequate and insincere way to deal with what has been a reputational disaster for Bloomberg.