> “In early 2018, two security companies that I advise were briefed by the FBI’s counterintelligence division investigating this discovery of added malicious chips on Supermicro’s motherboards,” said Mike Janke, a former Navy SEAL who co-founded DataTribe, a venture capital firm.
is that a "bland quote"? do you think that meeting did not happen? do you think the fbi was wrong?
No, I would describe this quote as a giving the story the illusion of truth. Adding a 3 letter agency does nothing but add sizzle and sensation instead of substance and truth. I have no way of knowing if that meeting happened. I do not trust the FBI or any other 3 letter agency to tell the truth at all times.
Haha, this is what I'd say if I wanted to ascribe more importance to myself than is worthy.
Two security companies I advise = companies I have a brief relationship with, as a consultant
were briefed by = were questioned as a matter of routine
the FBI's counterintelligence division = some FBI agent's 400th cold lead on this
investigating the discovery of = looking to see if some loony internal theory is real
Of course you read it and conclude "Oh, the FBI thinks this is credible enough that they told security companies it's happening and they should watch out for it" but that's because that's intentional.
"The chip was blended into the trace on a multilayered board"
“What I was told was there was an additional little component on the Supermicro motherboards that was not supposed to be there,”