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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">HI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">It seems to be a Fake News…?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Supermicro refutes :</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#954F72">https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Apple denied too :</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">“Over the course of the past year, Bloomberg has contacted us multiple times with claims, sometimes vague and sometimes elaborate, of an alleged security incident at Apple. Each time, we have conducted
rigorous internal investigations based on their inquiries and each time we have found absolutely no evidence to support any of them. We have repeatedly and consistently offered factual responses, on the record, refuting virtually every aspect of Bloomberg’s
story relating to Apple.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">On this we can be very clear: Apple has never found malicious chips, “hardware manipulations” or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server. Apple never had any contact with the FBI or any
other agency about such an incident. We are not aware of any investigation by the FBI, nor are our contacts in law enforcement.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">In response to Bloomberg’s latest version of the narrative, we present the following facts: Siri and Topsy never shared servers; Siri has never been deployed on servers sold to us by Super Micro;
and Topsy data was limited to approximately 2,000 Super Micro servers, not 7,000. None of those servers has ever been found to hold malicious chips.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">As a matter of practice, before servers are put into production at Apple they are inspected for security vulnerabilities and we update all firmware and software with the latest protections. We did
not uncover any unusual vulnerabilities in the servers we purchased from Super Micro when we updated the firmware and software according to our standard procedures.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Bloomberg’s reporters have not been open to the possibility that they or their sources might be wrong or misinformed. Our best guess is
that they are confusing their story with a previously-reported 2016 incident in which we discovered an infected driver on a single Super Micro server in one of our labs. That one-time event was determined to be accidental and not a targeted attack against
Apple.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">While there has been no claim that customer data was involved, we take these allegations seriously and we want users to know that we do everything possible to safeguard the personal information
they entrust to us. We also want them to know that what Bloomberg is reporting about Apple is inaccurate.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Apple has always believed in being transparent about the ways we handle and protect data. If there were ever such an event as Bloomberg News has claimed, we would be forthcoming about it and we
would work closely with law enforcement. Apple engineers conduct regular and rigorous security screenings to ensure that our systems are safe. We know that security is an endless race and that’s why we constantly fortify our systems against increasingly sophisticated
hackers and cybercriminals who want to steal our data. »</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">AWS is saying this in untrue :</span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__aws.amazon.com_blogs_security_setting-2Dthe-2Drecord-2Dstraight-2Don-2Dbloomberg-2Dbusinessweeks-2Derroneous-2Darticle_&d=DwIFAg&c=4DxX-JX0i28X6V65hK0ftwVK1xnmwcYC0vo7GVya1JY&r=NGLqjlg8Gqjal0G8jzVjweKfIgMnEHJdMIgB0mMqqt8&m=4umDOyc_2f8DSiCtG_AvPlliL0yuDZKcJDPX23xkdcI&s=IVl33wh7j2kT9A8phJg8TmcO8aG-siRF8sV9TAnT4nk&e"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#954F72">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__aws.amazon.com_blogs_security_setting-2Dthe-2Drecord-2Dstraight-2Don-2Dbloomberg-2Dbusinessweeks-2Derroneous-2Darticle_&d=DwIFAg&c=4DxX-JX0i28X6V65hK0ftwVK1xnmwcYC0vo7GVya1JY&r=NGLqjlg8Gqjal0G8jzVjweKfIgMnEHJdMIgB0mMqqt8&m=4umDOyc_2f8DSiCtG_AvPlliL0yuDZKcJDPX23xkdcI&s=IVl33wh7j2kT9A8phJg8TmcO8aG-siRF8sV9TAnT4nk&e</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Innovation is freedom</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Noel Butler <noel.butler@ausics.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 5 October 2018 at 10:00 am<br>
<b>To: </b>Ausnog <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[AusNOG] supermicro stocks dive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>given when this broke a couple days ago<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a href="https://www.securityweek.com/china-used-tiny-chips-us-computers-steal-secrets-report">https://www.securityweek.com/china-used-tiny-chips-us-computers-steal-secrets-report</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>overnight nasdaq supermicro stocks down 41%<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">seems cant trust much coming out of China these days. though, you cant trust anything coming out of the USA either.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Noel Butler<o:p></o:p></p>
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