Cybersecurity
Senate Panel Seeks FBI Briefing on Super Micro Hacking Report
- Homeland Security committee seeks information on cyber threat
- Briefing requested by panel’s GOP chairman and top Democrat
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A U.S. Senate committee asked the FBI and Department of Homeland Security for a classified briefing on a report saying China’s intelligence services used subcontractors to plant malicious chips in Super Micro Computer Inc. server motherboards.
The Homeland Security panel asked for officials to appear before the panel by Oct. 25 in response to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The agencies are processing the request and the panel hasn’t yet been briefed, according to a committee spokesman.