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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday February 26 2017, @11:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the broken-out-of-the-box dept.

A mid-2016 security incident led to Apple purging its data centers of servers built by Supermicro, including returning recently purchased systems, according to a report by The Information. Malware-infected firmware was reportedly detected in an internal development environment for Apple's App Store, as well as some production servers handling queries through Apple's Siri service.

An Apple spokesperson denied there was a security incident. However, Supermicro's senior vice-president of technology, Tau Leng, told The Information that Apple had ended its relationship with Supermicro because of the compromised systems in the App Store development environment. Leng also confirmed Apple returned equipment that it had recently purchased. An anonymous source was cited as the source of the information regarding infected Siri servers.

[...] A source familiar with the case at Apple told Ars that the compromised firmware affected servers in Apple's design lab, and not active Siri servers. The firmware, according to the source, was downloaded directly from Supermicro's support siteā€”and that firmware is still hosted there.

Source: ArsTechnica


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  • (Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday February 27 2017, @09:48PM

    by rts008 (3001) on Monday February 27 2017, @09:48PM (#472542)

    I knew Apple were assholes, but to delete a supplier?

    Supermicro better hope someone cares enough to undelete/restore them. It's hard to exist and do business when you've been deleted!

    *watches out window to see if anyone crawls out of the trashcan*

    It's past time to upgrade my firewall...

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