[pskk]

The Norwegian national security agency has confirmed that they were aware of the allegations against SuperMicro since June, but they won't confirm if it's true (nor are they denying it) and they noted that they are also aware that Amazon/Apple are denying it.

As for why Apple/Amazon are denying it I wonder if it's because they don't want to burn bridges. If they confirm the allegations, how would that play out in the Chinese business world?

[baybal2]

Well, all of the above mentioned want a slice of Chinese pie.

I'd say that market linkage in between China and USA in tech was just beginning to heal up after the credit crisis, but before that Chinese companies were rather wary of going to USA because it is expensive and risky market to enter, and instead chose easier markets for overseas expansion.

As any hope of rapprochement is now done for, they will revert to their old ways.

Comrades from AS4134 must be now scrambling everybody and everything into damage control mode. I think they firmly believed that they had an impenetrable cover.

[hugelgupf]

Do you have a source for the Norwegians?

[pskk]

Here you go, it's close to the bottom: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/xRkLep/storavis-hevder-kina-inst...

It's from a quote by the head of communications at NSM.

[086421357909764]

My guess is Gag order for the US govt.

[wbl]

A gag order cannot force you to say something. That would be government compelled speech, which is generally frowned upon by courts, to put it mildly.

[086421357909764]

No, but a gag order can prohibit you from saying something specifically with regard to national security issues.

So downvote away, but these documents do exist and these circumstances can and will happen.

In fact, everyone impacted by Aurora, were strictly under gag orders during the onset of that investigation too.

[wbl]

And what did they say then? They shut up didn't they?

[chefkoch]

That would be the only reason i can think of.

Otherwise the SEC could really make there life miserable.