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The key to unlocking computer secrets through rogue microchips is uncovering (or stealing) source codes, without which such microchips would be useless. This is why Chinese espionage is so heavily focused upon the U.S. computer industry.
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...Source codes?
I don't know what the hell he's talking about, and it sounds like he doesn't either. The article seems to mix issues that are entirely different but sound similar to someone with no knowledge of the subject. The quote above is talking about software, not hardware, so it's entirely irrelevant to to the primary thesis. The idea that they would "need ongoing access to new Microsoft source codes" (says the "computer forensics expert") to activate these rogue chips suggests that there are no rogue chips. If you need to hack every individual OS to access them anyway, would there really be much of a point?
He also specifically mentioned actual attacks that clearly had nothing to do with hardware.