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Jak szpiegują Chiny 🕵️ - Artura Kurasińskiego Newsletter

October 11, 2018

Najpierw Bloomberg odpalił medialną bombę. Zarzucił 30-tu amerykańskim firmom i rządowi USA, że stali się celem szpiegowskiego działania chińskiego rządu.

Chińczycy w urządzeniach firmy Supermicro (popularny producent serwerów) montowali mikroskopijny (wielkości ziarenka) chip, który służył za tzw sprzętowego backdoora. I zaczęło się.

Wszyscy (a szczególnie Amazon i Apple) bardzo mocno zaprzeczają i sugerują, że albo o wszystkim wiedzieli albo są pewni, że sprzęt od Supermicro nie zawierał felernych dodatków.

Fakt ingerencji w serwery wykryto (zrobiła to firma pracująca dla Amazona) już w 2015 roku i poinformowano odpowiednie władze. Pytanie czy amerykańskie władze powiadomiły wszystkie firmy, które kupowały sprzęt od Supermicro?

Z ustaleń Bloomberga wynika, że chipy zostały umieszczone w serwerach jeszcze na etapie produkcyjnym w fabrykach - oznacza to, że zrobiono to na polecenie chińskiego rządu albo innego państwa (mało prawdopodobne).

Kilka dni po tej aferze dowiadujemy się, że u jednego z dużych amerykańskich telekomów również znaleziono "zainfekowany" sprzęt produkcji Supermicro.

Jedno jest pewne - od 2015 roku w amerykańskich firmach pojawił się sprzęt wykorzystywany do wykradania danych. Kto jest zleceniodawcą, kto wykorzystywał dane i czyj wywiad za tym stoi - jak na razie wszyscy udają, że nie wiedzą.

Ameryka jest obecnie w stanie wojny celnej z Chinami. Czy dzięki wypłynięciu informacji o chińskiej inflitracji Amerykanie mają się przekonać, że Prezydent Trump ma rację i robi dobrze drażniąc chińskiego smoka?

Dlaczego dziennikarze Bloomberga zdecydowali się teraz informować o tej sprawie? Dlaczego Amazon i Apple tak stanowczo (co jest dziwne w wypadku tych firm) zaprzeczają i nazywają informacje dziennikarzy plotkami? Czy to chińskie władze stoją za tym wszystkim a może jeszcze inna organizacja albo rząd?

Pytań jest cała masa tylko, że 75% wszystkich produkowanych na świecie smartfonów i 90% wszystkich produkowanych komputerów wytwarzane jest w Chinach.

Chyba nie mamy wyjścia. Trzeba uznać, że jesteśmy podsłuchiwani przez cały czas.

Artur Kurasiński

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