South Korea and EU Raise Alarm on Alleged Chinese Cyber Espionage

Members of the Korea Internet Security Agency check on cyber attacks at a briefing room in Seoul on March 20, 2013. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images

South Korea is on alert after a recent Bloomberg report has revealed that Chinese “spy chips” have purportedly been mounted on servers made by San Jose-based tech company Supermicro.

Business Korea, an English-language business and financial magazine in South Korea, reported widespread use of Supermicro servers among the country’s financial institutions, large corporations, and government-run research institutes, in an article published on Oct. 8.