Η Apple, and Amazon refuted his report Bloomberg on Thursday, according to which their systems contain malicious "spy" computer chips, which came from the Chinese intelligence services.
The Bloomberg Businessweek, Citing 17 intelligence and business sources, he said Chinese agents had installed computer chips inside equipment used by about 30 companies, as well as multiple US government departments, giving Beijing covert access to internal networks.
The Reuters was not able to contact her Apple the Amazon or its representatives FBI, of the Ministry of Homeland Security and NSA.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not respond to a written request for comment on Thursday. It is noted that Beijing has in the past denied accusations of orchestrating cyber-attacks against Western companies.
Η Amazon, in an announcement, published by Bloomberg, stated that "we did not find any evidence to support the allegations of malicious chips or modifications to hardware».
Η Apple, stated that he denies "virtually every aspect" of the report, in on-record her answers to Bloomberg. "The Apple, never found malicious chips, “modifications hardware ” or vulnerabilities that were intentionally installed on anyone serverSaid the company.
The Bloomberg reported that the malicious chips were "planted" by a unit of the Chinese army, which penetrated the supply chain of a company hardware name Supermicro. The operation is believed to have been aimed at obtaining valuable trade secrets and government networks.
Her representative Supermicro at its headquarters in Europe said the company was not able to comment immediately.
Recently, there have been growing concerns that foreign intelligence services may have infiltrated companies in the United States and other countries through "supply chain attacks»- especially from China, where many technology companies do outsourced their construction activities.
