On 4 October, Bloomberg Businessweek published a major story under the headline “The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate US Companies”. The affected hardware then made its way into high-end video-compression servers assembled by a San Jose company called Supermicro and deployed by major US companies and government agencies. China has long had a semi-state operation to hack into US tech companies and steal their intellectual property. Apple’s top security officer told Congress that the company had found no evidence to support the claims made in the report. A little too convenientThe New York Times reported in its Week in Tech column on the dangers of using Facebook to sign in to other services.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2018 16:01 UTC