Super Micro Computer denies malicious chip report

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Super Micro Computer denies malicious chip report







            Super Micro Computer
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            He said in a letter to clients that a media report claiming that a malicious hardware chip had been installed on their motherboards is incorrect and that he is conducting a review in light of the story.

"We are confident that a recent article, which states that a malicious hardware chip was implanted during the manufacturing process of our motherboards, is incorrect," the San Jose-based company said in a letter to customers dated 18 October presented at Securities and Exchange. Commission. "For all we know and have seen, no malicious hardware chip has been implanted during the manufacture of our motherboards."



Super Micro added that "despite the lack of evidence that there is a malicious hardware chip, we are making a complicated review and it takes a long time to continue addressing the article."

Super Micro shares rose 4.2% on Monday afternoon.

Bloomberg reported earlier this month that a fake microchip ended up on the Super Micro server boards. The "supply chain attack", as Bloomberg called it, was carried out by Chinese spies and affected

            Apple
    Inc.

            among the number of companies that worked with Super Micro, according to the article. 

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said Bloomberg's story was wrong and that the news media needed to "retire."

    Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon Web Services, he said in a tweet Late on Monday morning, Mr. Cook of Apple was right and that Bloomberg should retract the story. 

Bloomberg reported

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            He alerted authorities that a company he hired to test Elemental Technologies servers, which he had purchased in 2015, found a microchip that was not part of the original design. Super Micro made the servers for Elemental, reported Bloomberg.

Bloomberg also said in his story that both Amazon and Apple "questioned the summaries" of his story.

A Bloomberg spokeswoman said in an email on Monday that 17 different people "confirmed manipulation of the hardware and other elements of the attacks."

"We support our history and trust in our reports and sources," he said.

 Write to Allison Prang in allison.prang@wsj.com



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