But the article points that Apple wanted to protect themselves from some much more widely know threats:
"Building its own servers with motherboards it designed would be the most surefire way for Apple to prevent unauthorized snooping via extra chips.
As we've previously reported, the National Security Agency is known to intercept and modify equipment before it reaches the hands of its intended customers."
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"The report comes as Apple fights the US government over whether it should have to write new software to help investigators unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist."
"Building its own servers with motherboards it designed would be the most surefire way for Apple to prevent unauthorized snooping via extra chips.
As we've previously reported, the National Security Agency is known to intercept and modify equipment before it reaches the hands of its intended customers."
...
"The report comes as Apple fights the US government over whether it should have to write new software to help investigators unlock an iPhone used by a terrorist."