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from https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/02/super-micro-move-chip-production-china-spy-claims/?yptr=yahoo https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/02/super-micro-move-chip
by rb808 7y ago
from https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/02/super-micro-move-chip-production-china-spy-claims/?yptr=yahoo https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/02/super-micro-move-chip-pr...
> Server maker Super Micro is moving production out of China in a bid to allay US customer's concerns about spying, even though independent tests have shown no evidence of cyber espionage. The company has also announced its plans to expand its own in-house manufacturing facilities to help mitigate any perceived risks. A spokesperson for the company said Super Micro wants to be more self-reliant "without depending only on those outsourcing partners whose production previously has mostly been in China."
- nullc 7y agoLOL NSA Guy: Damn, we could infiltrate that target if we could get in implant in their boards but all their systems ship directly from china. CIA Guy: Don't worry, I've got this.
- jsgo 7y agoTypically not one for conspiracy, but I wonder if to some degree these kinds of things are intended to get US customers to buy US products and/or get companies to move their offshore facilities to the US. Kaspersky being hand-in-hand with Russia and <insert vendor here> with China and things like it seem pretty run of the mill in recent years. I imagine it is nestled in some degree of truth, grant you, but I wonder if the goal is to force sentiment so heavily that vendors are essentially forced to go stateside. As in, did China suddenly want to exert state control over manufacturing done in China? Russia suddenly want data from Kaspersky?