CYBERSECURITY UPDATE: Super Micro reviewing its hardware in search for alleged Chinese spy chips.

“Despite the lack of proof that a malicious hardware chip exists, we are undertaking a complicated and time-consuming review to further address the article,” Super Micro advised to its customers in a letter. Included as part of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the letter claims “We are confident that a recent article, alleging a malicious hardware chip was implanted during the manufacturing process of our motherboards, is wrong.”

“We trust you appreciate the difficulty of proving that something did not happen, even though the reporters have produced no affected motherboard or any such malicious hardware chip,” asserts Super Micro. “As we have said firmly, no one has shown us a motherboard containing any unauthorized hardware chip, we are not aware of any such unauthorized chip, and no government agency has alerted us to the existence of any unauthorized chip.”

Meanwhile: AWS CEO joins Apple’s Tim Cook in urging Bloomberg to retract its Chinese spy story.