[Basket_of_Deplorables]

I remember when the rumors broke a few years ago about Supermicro boards being compromised, and some freepers were angrily denying it could happen, making fun of other techies here. I mean, irrationally angry; not at china, but at other freepers saying they believed it could easily be true.

Well, it was true, and our IC agencies knew it, and didn't tell us. For a decade.

A. DECADE.

Read the bloomy link in the Breitbart article. Maddening!

[KC_Lion]

Ping!

[Lurkinanloomin]

The IC agencies work for US............./s

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

As an aside, FR is one of the top conservative sites on the net. So yes, the FIB, ATF, etc monitor it. Probably have bots running, surveiling every post for keywords and sentence fragments to be analyzed at length. OK, no surprise.

But I am also convinced that China has spies here as well, sleeper freepers. They would be fools not to. That would explain the vitriolic over reaction referened above. This was a China coup—hardware hacked every server, sent data to thier spy agencies. Imbedded hardware bots in servers phoning home, with anything they desired.

[Deaf Smith]

Reads of a typical F Troop Op...investigate for years and do nothing.

Train your subordinates to do same for a easy ride.

[100%FEDUP]

I remember when the US was afraid Japan would spy on us thru Japanese made electronics. I still have appliances that are over 30 years old and work. China made crap lasts until the one year warrantee expires!

[EasySt]

We “conspiracy realists” wish the process didn’t take a DECADE.

~Easy

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I remember when the rumors broke a few years ago about Supermicro boards being compromised, and some freepers were angrily denying it could happen, making fun of other techies here. I mean, irrationally angry; not at china, but at other freepers saying they believed it could easily be true.

Well, it was true, and our IC agencies knew it, and didn't tell us. For a decade.

It is totally wondrous how often a Nut-Job Conspiracy Theory turns out to be true...

The government wants to disarm us after 244 yrs 'cuz they plan to do things we would shoot them for!

At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son

The biggest killer of mankind

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[SuperLuminal]

Even more disheartening (to me) was finding out that the abacus I got for Christmas 30-years ago was made in China...

No telling what secrets of my finances and other work they've known about and used for nefarious reasons...

Dang! Since I already hate communists and want their extinction, where do I go (psychologically) from here?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Mainly during the Comrade Obama regime. Hmmm!

[The Right Edge]

And this is surprising! Take a look who is in the white house! The chinese communist stooge.

[NonValueAdded]

If you really want to go tinfoil, the US figured out how it worked (the spying) early on, and simply took the feed too.

[NonValueAdded]

If you really want to go tinfoil, the US figured out how it worked (the spying) early on, and simply took the feed too.

[Chgogal]

Big Business and our Government work for China.

[sten]

ALL usb thumb drives are known to be compromised

NO usb thumb drive can be plugged into a computer connected to a DoD / classified network.

as for hacks... look into the hack they found in the f-22
(possibly the best hack i’ve heard of in my life. credit where credit is due...)

[AZJeep]

It is no secret, that most of the network equipment made in China contains chips, which sent the network info to China. That’s actually easier to do and the Chinese get all the info they really need.
We (major corporation) were allowed to use only the expensive Cisco routers, which are supposedly OK. There may be some other safe routers up there, but I do not know for sure.
Just assume that all your network info goes to China.

[I want the USA back]

There will be no retributions to the chicoms now that one finger joe is in control. He owes them his election, and won’t be holding them to account.

[indthkr]

ChiCom bump for later....

[NetAddicted]

From Bloomberg? Isn’t this The magazine of a 2020 presidential candidate?

[zeugma]

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........

This is a criminal action on the part of our government against all of us citizens. What the hell do we pay confiscatory taxes for?

[Red Badger]

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........

That second part is BS. They did not warn anyone because they wanted to use it themselves!..................