Super Micro Tells Senators There's No Evidence of Hardware Hack

Super Micro Computer said in a letter to two U.S. senators that it has seen no evidence of any tampering with its hardware components, according to Bloomberg.

The company came under fire after a report described how China’s intelligence services used subcontractors to plant malicious chips in the company’s server motherboards. “We take the integrity of our products seriously,“ the company said in response to questions posed by Senators Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, and Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat.

The letter from Perry Hayes, president of Supermicro Netherlands, added: “With respect to the recent media reports, Supermicro has seen no evidence of any unauthorized components in our products, no government agency has informed us that they have found unauthorized components on our boards, and no customer has reported finding any such unauthorized components.“