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Report: China Used Computer Chips to Spy on American P.C. Systems
Breitbart ^ | 2-12-2021 | John Hayward

Posted on 2/12/2021, 8:06:23 PM by Basket_of_Deplorables

"A Friday report from Bloomberg News revealed China was able to spy on American computer systems for a decade by supplying compromised chips to Super Micro Computer Inc. (Supermicro), one of America’s leading motherboard providers.

According to the report, U.S. intelligence agencies were aware of this wide-reaching Chinese espionage program but did not warn either Supermicro or its customers, because they prioritized monitoring China’s surveillance techniques and developing countermeasures against them........

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ..

754 posted on 02/12/2021 8:38:34 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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Ain’t that special? spit.


758 posted on 02/12/2021 8:43:59 PM PST by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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NOTE - this is a breach of national security as a gift from Biden “admin” to Red China. From what the article says, the US knew what was going on and exploiting such to monitor the Chinese. Now Red China knows that we were aware and monitoring. Traitors everywhere!


815 posted on 02/12/2021 11:07:19 PM PST by Steven W.
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""A Friday report from Bloomberg News revealed China was able to spy on American computer systems for a decade by supplying compromised chips to Super Micro Computer Inc. (Supermicro), one of America’s leading motherboard providers."

I would assume anything electronic that comes from China is capable of spying. We are ham radio operators and a number of our group got a cheap hand held radio that was Chinese. It had to be programmed via computer. One of our members notified us that when he connected the radio to his system all kinds of spyware bells and whistles were triggered. He had never seen anything like it!

823 posted on 02/12/2021 11:46:25 PM PST by Grammy (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson)
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