Cybersecurity
China Spy Chips Report Adds Pressure on Pentagon Cloud Security
- Amazon, Microsoft lead firms vying for $10 billion contract
- Bid deadline looms next week amid new supply-chain concerns
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Tech providers vying for a $10 billion Defense Department cloud-computing contract may come under added pressure to prove their systems are secure after a report that China sneaked spy chips onto servers used by U.S. companies including Amazon.com Inc., a top contender for the Pentagon award.
Amazon, the market leader in cloud-computing services, was among almost 30 companies including Apple Inc. whose servers were infiltrated according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report based on more than a dozen sources in the government and private sector.