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I think the article is implying that the implanted chips might not have been detected due to their low profile design. Given that the bad manufacturers were sub

I think the article is implying that the implanted chips might not have been detected due to their low profile design. Given that the bad manufacturers were subcontractors it's likely only a fraction of all the boards manufactured were compromised. It's either that or someone at Supermicro was in on it.

setquk 8y ago
See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18139739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18139739 I don't find that method feasible. Infiltration of supermicro IS but then you have to ask the question: who really did it as they are on US soil.