> Either way, the proof is in the pudding: every hardware pentesting shop will be going after these boards like they're looking for golden tickets. Either we'll get our die shot, or Bloomberg's getting their pants sued off.

From the story, this seems to have happened several years ago.

I wouldn't be surprised if house cleaning had been done for some time.

If the story is true then I doubt that the Chinese would have flooded the market with these boards. It must have been relatively targeted.