Cybersecurity
Super Micro Tells Senators No Evidence of Chinese Hardware Hack
- Company says no U.S. agency has said it found hacked hardware
- Super Micro comments come in letter to Rubio, Blumenthal
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Super Micro Computer Inc. said in a to two U.S. senators that it has seen no evidence of any tampering with its hardware components after a Bloomberg Businessweek report described how China’s intelligence services used subcontractors to plant malicious chips in the company’s server motherboards.
“We take the integrity of our products seriously,” the company said in response to questions posed by Senators Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, and Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat.