Bloomberg was roundly condemned at the time for sticking to its guns even after there was overwhelming evidence that it was mistaken and had confused talk of a theoretical risk with an actual attack. The agency was repeatedly asked to provide hard evidence for the claim, rather than just hearsay, and failed to do so …
Expert after expert said that, if it were true, then there would be physical evidence. Yet despite investigations by Super Micro itself, Apple, Amazon, the NSA, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, GCHQ, and others, not a single spy chip was ever found. A year went by, and still no evidence had emerged – and Bloomberg had still failed to provide a single word of corroboration.