China used microchips to infiltrate U.S. company servers

A Chinese military unit secretly embedded microchips into motherboards during production in China. These compromised motherboards were supplied to Super Micro Computer in California and used in servers by nearly 30 U.S. companies, including Apple and Amazon. The microchips allowed Chinese hackers to access data centers, steal information, connect with other servers, and alter operations. A follow-up Bloomberg report revealed similar microchips found in the Ethernet connectors of servers from a telecom company, also sourced from Supermicro.

What was the role of the Chinese military unit in the microchip incident?

• They manufactured the servers.

• They planted microchips in motherboards.

• They distributed the servers to U.S. companies.

• They provided cybersecurity for the servers.

Which companies were mentioned as having used the compromised servers?

• Facebook and Twitter

• Google and Microsoft

• Apple and Amazon

• IBM and Intel

What capabilities did the microchips provide to the hackers?

• They allowed hackers to improve server performance.

• They provided hackers with the ability to enhance server security.

• They enabled hackers to access data centers and alter operations.

• They helped hackers to repair server hardware.

What new evidence did the Bloomberg report uncover?

• A new type of server was developed.

• A similar microchip was found in a different component.

• The microchips were removed from all servers.

• The servers were manufactured in a different country.

Where was the new microchip found according to the Bloomberg report?

• In the CPU

• In the power supply unit

• In the Ethernet connector

• In the RAM