TDNC Podcast #117 - Is the Big Hack a Big Lie? (Patreon)

A high-profile news article alleges that servers sold to American companies contained chips that could be used to steal data. But are its claims true?

Sources:

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

Coroprate responses to Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond

Apple's expanded response: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/what-businessweek-got-wrong-about-apple/

Mashable article about Apple's Supermicro malware incident: https://mashable.com/article/chinese-malware-server-attack-bloomberg-facebook-apple/#ZQDkabSpiGqz

Intel Management Engine vulnerability article: https://www.wired.com/story/intel-management-engine-vulnerabilities-pcs-servers-iot/

Motherboard article about Apple repair software locks: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair

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