clipped from: www.dailyartisan.com   
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
The Investigator
would be remiss not to make you aware of the hottest topic in U.S. counterintelligence circles: rogue microchips. This threat emanates from China (PRC) — and it is hugely significant.
AND NOW THE MANCHURIAN MICROCHIP
The myth: Chinese intelligence services have concealed a microchip in every computer everywhere, programmed to “call home” if and when activated.
The reality: It may actually be true.
All computers on the market today — be they Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Apple or especially IBM — are assembled with components manufactured inside the PRC. Each component produced by the Chinese, according to a reliable source within the intelligence community, is secretly equipped with a hidden microchip that can be activated any time by China’s military intelligence services, the PLA.
“It is capable of providing Chinese intelligence with everything stored on your system
from e- mail to documents.
they now have the potential to do it when it suits their purposes.