Hearings were held in July 7 on the possible infection of hardware and software with Malware
manufactured in East Asia. Below is a Direct Quote from the website "Fast Company".
" DHS: Imported Consumer Tech Contains Hidden Hacker Attack Tools
BY Neal Ungerleider Fri Jul 8, 2011
A top Department of Homeland Security official has admitted to Congress that imported software and hardware components are being purposely spiked with security-compromising attack tools by unknown foreign parties. "
Here is the URL - http://www.fastcompany.com/1765855/dhs-someones-spiking-our-imported-tech-with-attack-tools
I think this has been going on for a while. My brother works for a large US engineering company and they would not use Chinese made computers for a long time for this very reason.
ReplyDeleteYes it has.. A friend and I had discussed this a few years ago. But now that Congress has made an issue of it...
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