Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls on Bloomberg to Retract Supply Chain Hack Story: 'There's No Truth to This'

For the first time since Bloomberg Highly Explained Microchips in Supermicro server motherboards Apple used in its iCloud facilities, Apple's CEO Tim Cook has gone on the record to vehemently deny the claims.

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Cook said there is "no truth" to the story about Apple, before making the unprecedented move of calling on Bloomberg to publish a retraction.

Since the report went live this month, Apple has been rebuted Bloomberg's claims in multiple clearly worded statements denying such an incident ever took place. Apple maintains that the story is "completely untrue," malicious chips were never found in its servers, and there was never an FBI investigation into the incident.

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According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, though he only spoke out publicly about Bloomberg story this week, he's been involved in Apple's response "from the beginning."

"I was talking to the Bloomberg reporters along with Bruce Sewell who was then our general counsel.We were very clear with them that did not happen, and answered all their questions," said Cook. "Each time they brought this up to us, the story changed and each time we investigated we found nothing."

Cook went on to say that Bloomberg failed to provide Apple with specific details about the malicious chips Bloomberg's claims are based on "wave secondhand accounts." Cook told BuzzFeed that Apple did a thorough investigation of all of its documentation and could find zero evidence of malicious chips or an FBI investigation.

"We turned the company upside down," Cook said. "Email searches, data center records, financial records, and shipment records." We really have to go back to the same conclusion: "This is not happening.

ace BuzzFeed points out, Apple has never been called for a retraction of a story before, even in instances where incorrect information was published. Following Cook's discussion with BuzzFeed, the site again contacted Bloomberg, and Bloomberg once again refused to budge.

"Bloomberg Businessweek's investigation is the result of more than 100 interviews," spokesperson told BuzzFeed News in response to a series of questions. "Seventeen individual sources, including government officials and insiders at the companies, confirmed the manipulation of hardware and other elements of the attacks." We also published three companies' full statements, a statement from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. our story and are confident in our reporting and sources. "

Apple's claims that Apple has claims that Apple has claims that Apple's claims Bloomberg's story is false.

The UK's Cyber ​​Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, form FBI General Counsel James Baker, and NSA Senior Advisor Rob Joyce have all questioned the veracity of Bloomberg's claims and have denied knowledge of such an investigation.

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