Apple fires back at Bloomberg hacking story, says it 'never found malicious chips in our servers'
Apple Inc. forcefully denied that it found malicious chips in its servers in an extended post to its site. The denial followed a Bloomberg report that said Chinese operatives were able to implant microchips on Super Micro Computer Inc. motherboards and that Amazon.com Inc. and Apple both discovered these bad chips. Apple posted the full statement it gave to Bloomberg for the story and also refuted additional allegations from the story. "Apple has never found malicious chips in our servers," the additional statement said. "In response to questions we have received from other news organizations since Businessweek published its story, we are not under any kind of gag order or other confidentiality obligations." The company referenced a part of the story saying that Apple informed the Federal Bureau of Investigations of its discovery but didn't discuss the incident within the company. "Despite numerous discussions across multiple teams and organizations, no one at Apple has ever heard of this investigation," Apple said. Amazon also issued a fierce denial of the report. Super Micro denied the report as well. Its shares fell 41% in Thursday's session, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.8%.
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