DHS says there is no reason to doubt companies & # 039; China hacking denials

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DHS says there is no reason to doubt companies & # 039; China hacking denials







WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Department of Homeland Security UU He said on Saturday that he currently has no reason to doubt the statements of companies that have denied a Bloomberg report that their supply chains were compromised by malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence services.  











FILE PHOTO: an employee of the US Department of Homeland Security. UU It is located within the National Center for Communications and Cybersecurity Integration as part of a guided media tour in Arlington, Virginia, June 26, 2014. REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque / File Photo





"The Department of Homeland Security is aware of media reports of a commitment to the technology supply chain," DHS said in a statement.  

"Like our partners in the United Kingdom, the National Cybersecurity Center, at this time we have no reason to doubt the statements of the companies named in the story," he said. 

Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday quoted 17 intelligence sources and unnamed companies that said Chinese spies had placed computer chips inside the equipment used by about 30 companies, as well as by several US government agencies, which would give secret access to Beijing to internal networks. 

The British national cybersecurity agency said on Friday that it had no reason to doubt the assessments conducted by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) contesting the report. 

Apple challenged the Bloomberg report on Thursday, saying its own internal investigations found no evidence to support the claims in the story and that neither the company nor its enforcement contacts were aware of any FBI investigation into the matter. 

Apple's recently retired general counsel, Bruce Sewell, told Reuters he called then-FBI Attorney General James Baker last year after Bloomberg informed him of an open investigation by Super Micro Computer Inc (SMCI.PK), a hardware manufacturer whose Bloomberg products said they were implanted with malicious Chinese chips. 

"I contacted him personally and said, 'Do you know anything about this?', Said Sewell about his conversation with Baker. "He said: 'I've never heard of this, but give me 24 hours to make sure.' He called me again 24 hours later and said, 'Nobody here knows what this story is about.'" 

Baker and the FBI declined to comment on Friday. 





Report by David Brunnstrom; Edited by Dan Grebler





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