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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

Posted on October 4, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent
Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley report:
The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources.
Read more on Bloomberg.
Update: This report predictably generated a ton of reactions — including very specific denials by the companies named.  See this article in The Register for analysis of some of the claims and the responses.

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