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And is there anything in that denial that has been shown to be technically incorrect? My understanding is that there wasn’t involvement from google, that data

by xevb3k 8y ago

And is there anything in that denial that has been shown to be technically incorrect? My understanding is that there wasn’t involvement from google, that data was extracted without their knowledge from links between data centers.

throwaway2048 8y ago
And what about Amazon and Apple's denial will be found technically incorrect in a few years. EDIT: to the downvoters, its easy to play this game, Apple makes a large amount of very specific denials. Each time, we have conducted rigorous internal investigations based on their inquiries and each time we have found absolutely no evidence to support any of them. Apple has never found malicious chips, “hardware manipulations” or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server. Apple never had any contact with the FBI or any other agency about such an incident. We are not aware of any investigation by the FBI, nor are our contacts in law enforcement. What about investigations and law enforcement contacts via a third party (perhaps a specialized hardware security firm? ) Our best guess is that they are confusing their story with a previously-reported 2016 incident in which we discovered an infected driver on a single Super Micro server in one of our labs. You mean the story they explicitly denied with similar strength (and wiggle room to boot when the truth came out) Apple is deeply committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers and the data we store. We are constantly monitoring for any attacks on our systems, working closely with vendors and regularly checking equipment for malware. We’re not aware of any data being transmitted to an unauthorized party nor was any infected firmware found on the servers purchased from this vendor. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/apple-axed-supermicro-servers-from-datacenters-because-of-bad-firmware-update/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/apple...

by xevb3k 8y ago

throwaway2048 8y ago

And what about Amazon and Apple's denial will be found technically incorrect in a few years. EDIT: to the downvoters, its easy to play this game, Apple makes a large amount of very specific denials. Each time, we have conducted rigorous internal investigations based on their inquiries and each time we have found absolutely no evidence to support any of them. Apple has never found malicious chips, “hardware manipulations” or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server. Apple never had any contact with the FBI or any other agency about such an incident. We are not aware of any investigation by the FBI, nor are our contacts in law enforcement. What about investigations and law enforcement contacts via a third party (perhaps a specialized hardware security firm? ) Our best guess is that they are confusing their story with a previously-reported 2016 incident in which we discovered an infected driver on a single Super Micro server in one of our labs. You mean the story they explicitly denied with similar strength (and wiggle room to boot when the truth came out) Apple is deeply committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers and the data we store. We are constantly monitoring for any attacks on our systems, working closely with vendors and regularly checking equipment for malware. We’re not aware of any data being transmitted to an unauthorized party nor was any infected firmware found on the servers purchased from this vendor. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/apple-axed-supermicro-servers-from-datacenters-because-of-bad-firmware-update/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/apple...