{"id":21678,"date":"2018-12-11T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7ebd0dea-7a07-4684-94d2-a8e9e368ee21"},"modified":"2018-12-11T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T14:55:00","slug":"super-micro-says-external-security-audit-found-no-evidence-of-backdoor-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/super-micro-says-external-security-audit-found-no-evidence-of-backdoor-chips\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Micro says external security audit found no evidence of backdoor chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zdnet3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2018\/09\/06\/c2a97d49-afa3-474f-bae6-f5bea61437fa\/thumbnail\/770x578\/b3eb76cb416062f41818d66863aa135c\/supermicro.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>In a letter sent out today to its customers, hardware vendor Super Micro Computer said that a security audit performed by a third-party investigations firm found no evidence that Supermicro server motherboards contained any type of backdoor chip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relatedContent alignRight\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"int\">More security news<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company sent out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supermicro.com\/en\/news\/CEO-3rdPartySecurity-Update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this letter<\/a> after earlier this year a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2018-10-04\/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg report<\/a> claimed that some Supermicro motherboards contained a malicious chip implant inserted on its Chinese assembly lines by Chinese spies. The US news outlet then claimed that some of these servers made it into the networks of government agencies and private companies, such as Apple and Amazon&#8217;s AWS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/super-micro-trashes-bloomberg-chip-hack-story-in-recent-customer-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Super Micro denied all allegations<\/a> from the get-go, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supermicro.com\/newsroom\/pressreleases\/2018\/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> and in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supermicro.com\/en\/news\/CEO-Letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subsequent customer letter<\/a>, but also promised to carry out a thorough security audit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A representative sample of our motherboards was tested, including the specific type of motherboard depicted in the article and motherboards purchased by companies referenced in the article, as well as more recently manufactured motherboards,&#8221; Super Micro said today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we want to share with you the results of this testing: After thorough examination and a range of functional tests, the investigations firm found absolutely no evidence of malicious hardware on our motherboards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In its letter, Super Micro also thanked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2018\/10\/what-businessweek-got-wrong-about-apple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/security\/setting-the-record-straight-on-bloomberg-businessweeks-erroneous-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, which published immediate rebuttals of the Bloomberg story, but also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/dhs-and-gchq-join-amazon-and-apple-in-denying-bloomberg-chip-hack-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberscoop.com\/dan-coats-bloomberg-supply-chain-the-big-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Director of National Intelligence<\/a>, and the Director of the FBI, &#8220;who early on appropriately questioned the truth of the media reports,&#8221; Super Micro said.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloomberg article became extremely controversial hours after it was published. Security experts tore the reporting to pieces, people pointed out that the article&#8217;s artwork was misleading, and a well-known group of hardware experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.servethehome.com\/investigating-implausible-bloomberg-supermicro-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cast doubts<\/a> about the validity of the technical details described in the piece. Even the only named source in the Bloomberg article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/security-researcher-cited-in-supermicro-chip-hack-investigation-casts-doubt-on-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">questioned the reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\" data-component=\"medusaContentRecommendation\" data-medusa-content-recommendation-options=\"{&quot;promo&quot;:&quot;promo_ZD_recommendation_sharethrough_top_in_article_desktop&quot;,&quot;spot&quot;:&quot;dfp-in-article&quot;}\">\n<\/section>\n<p>In the midst of all this, Apple&#8217;s CEO went as far as to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/tim-cook-calls-for-bloomberg-to-retract-controversial-chip-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">ask Bloomberg to retract its story<\/a>, and later <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.slashdot.org\/story\/18\/10\/26\/1719225\/amazon-has-pulled-ads-from-bloomberg-over-controversial-big-hack-chinese-spy-story-apple-has-not-invited-outlets-reporters-to-a-product-event-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pulled Apple&#8217;s advertising from the site<\/a>, in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticism from all sides, Bloomberg stood by its reporters, although the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/erik-wemple\/wp\/2018\/11\/27\/bloomberg-is-still-reporting-on-challenged-story-regarding-china-hardware-hack\/?utm_term=.34a5fc294277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">did quietly hire another experienced journalist<\/a> to go over the report with a fine comb at the end of last month.<\/p>\n<h3>Related cyber-security coverage:<\/h3>\n<p>READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/super-micro-says-external-security-audit-found-no-evidence-of-backdoor-chips\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Micro sends a letter to customers with the results of a third-party security audit.<br \/>\nREAD MORE 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