Supermicro hacked Ethernet

Here is the key:

The manipulation of the Ethernet connector appeared to be similar to a method also used by the U.S. National Security Agency, details of which were leaked in 2013. In e-mails, Appleboum and his team refer to the implant as their “old friend,” because he said they had previously seen several variations in investigations of hardware made by other companies manufacturing in China.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/new-evidence-of-hacked-supermicro-hardware-found-in-u-s-telecom

Now who makes the Ethernet for Supermicro servers?

Look at the downloads for Supermicro servers at

https://www.supermicro.com/wftp/Networking_Drivers/

Mellanox Technologies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellanox_Technologies

Oh now let's look at the details of Mellanox Technologies:

Mellanox outsourced some of its engineering to the West Bank. Rather than setting up offshore engineering centers in the Far East or Eastern Europe, Mellanox hired Palestinian engineers from Ramallah through a Palestinian outsourcing firm.[40] In 2018, Waldman told a Tel Aviv conference hosted by Globes magazine that over 100 Palestinians are working on Mellanox projects

Mossad???

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Follow the Stars?

The activist investor Starboard Value LP purchased a 10.7% stake in the company in November 2017.[17] After acquiring 10.7% , Starboard wrote a letter to the company stating that Starboard attributed the company's "underperformance compared to other semiconductor companies" to "a pattern of weak execution that has included both excessive spending and missed growth opportunities." The letter called for "substantial change."[18][19] The day after, on January 9, 2018,[20] Mellanox announced it would immediately discontinue its 1550 nm silicon photonics development activities, with president and CEO Eyal Waldman saying the review of the silicon photonics business had started in May 2017.[21] Mellanox also said it would fire 100 people, all in the US. At the time, the company employed 2,900 people, mostly in Israel.[20]

In a "board battle,"[22] in January 2018, Mellanox sent a letter to shareholders asking them to entirely replace the board of directors.[23] On January 17, 2018, it was announced that Starboard was aiming to remove the entire board at Mellanox Technologies. At the time, Mellanox had a $3.3 billion market value.[17] Starboard said it would nominate nine candidates for election to the company's board, including Starboard head Jeffrey Smith.[24]

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