hackers
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Amazon, Super Micro Join Apple In Demanding Retraction Of Bloomberg Story On Hacked Server Boards
A report earlier this month from Bloomberg Businessweek alleging 17 unnamed sources had confirmed Chinese spies infiltrated the supply chain of microchip manufacturer Super Micro, installing tiny espionage chips that allowed them to wiretap systems belonging to almost 30 U.S. companies, has earned denials from Homeland Security, Apple, and Amazon. Now executives from Super Micro…
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Homeland Security Denies Report Chinese Spies Put Tiny Microchips On Apple, Amazon Servers
The Department of Homeland Security released a statement this weekend supporting Apple and Amazon’s denial of an explosive Bloomberg Businessweek report claiming that a Chinese military unit inserted microchips into Super Micro Computer Inc (Supermicro) server motherboards in widespread use at U.S. companies, saying “at this time we have no reason to doubt the statements…
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A Google Engineer Discovered A Vulnerability Letting Him Take Control Of Keycard-Controlled Doors
A Google engineer discovered a vulnerability in the third-party system controlling access to doors across its campus in Sunnyvale, California, and took the opportunity to prove that he could bypass any RFID keycard-operated lock in the facility, Forbes reported on Monday.
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Hackers Reportedly Stole Over 2000 Litres Of Petrol From A Petrol Station
A gasoline station attendant pumps diesel into a car at a filling station on March 23, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Police in Detroit are looking for two suspects who allegedly managed to hack a petrol pump and steal over 2,271 litres of petrol, valued at about $US1,800. The theft took place in the middle of…