Rubio, Blumenthal Press for Answers on Alleged Chinese Cyber Espionage Attacks

Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., warned against Chinese back doors allowing a foothold for commercial espionage and destructive cyberthreats, responding to a recent report of Chinese spies targeting U.S. companies (see 1810090029). The lawmakers Tuesday prodded Super Micro Computer, which is on the list of alleged targets that also include Apple and Amazon. The companies denied the validity of Bloomberg Businessweek's report, with Supermicro “strongly” refuting claims that “servers it sold to customers contained malicious microchips in the motherboards of those systems.” The Department of Homeland Security said it had “no reason to doubt the statements from the companies named in the story.”