QUANTICO, Virg. -- American intelligence agencies have discovered what one analyst is calling Manchurian microchips, manufactured in China, that are designed to allow PLA spies to gain access to government, commercial and personal computers.
Although the accusation sounds almost too sensational to believe, several sources in U.S. intelligence agencies and corporate security consultants have confirmed the basic outlines of the published story. Countermeasures are being taken to diminish the treat to national security computers but the scope of the problem is nearly universal.
Fortunately, for the rogue microchips to be useful to China, Microsoft source code would need to be pilfered on a regular basis, as it is updated by the corporation, an unlikely scenario. None the less, the discovery sent alarm bells ringing throughout government agencies and corporate boardrooms. As technology becomes pervasive, technology security will become increasingly important to government and commercial entities.
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