FOW038 – Bilaterales Hacking

„The Big Hack“

• The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (Bloomberg)
• New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom (Bloomberg)

Blowback

• What Businessweek got wrong about Apple (Apple)
• Setting the Record Straight on Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Erroneous Article (Amazon)
• „Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Strategy“ der NSA äußert seine Zweifel (Bloomberg)
• Statement from DHS Press Secretary on Recent Media Reports of Potential Supply Chain Compromise (Department of Homeland Security)

Apple und Supermicro

• Apple deleted server supplier after finding infected firmware in servers (Ars Technica)

Technischer Hintergrund

• If Supermicro boards were so bug-ridden, why would hackers ever need implants? (Ars Technica)
• Risky Business Feature: Named source in „The Big Hack“ has doubts about the story (Risky Business Podcast)
• Supply Chain Security Speculation – the grugq (Medium)

Hacking-Angriffe in den letzten Jahren

• How the US Halted China’s Cybertheft—Using a Chinese Spy (WIRED)
• China Escalates Hacks Against the US as Trade Tensions Rise (WIRED)
• OPM Hack 2015 (Wikipedia)
• Feds Quietly Reveal Chinese State-Backed Hacking Operation (Foreign Policy)

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