<story><title>France&apos;s AMF watchdog fines Bloomberg €5M over Vinci hoax</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-amf-bloomberg/frances-amf-watchdog-fines-bloomberg-5-million-over-vinci-hoax-idUSKBN1YK1VN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>privateprofile</author><text>Any guesses to why aren&amp;#x27;t Super Micro or other affected parties taking legal action, if it was a hoax like what&amp;#x27;s reported in this case?</text></item><item><author>wheybags</author><text>My trust of bloomberg has been pretty low since the spy chip story, that seems to have been just a hoax. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;features&amp;#x2F;2018-10-04&amp;#x2F;the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;features&amp;#x2F;2018-10-04&amp;#x2F;the-big-h...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>colejohnson66</author><text>Because the bar is really high if they’re a news outlet. You have to prove that they &lt;i&gt;knew&lt;/i&gt; what they were saying was false, and did it with the intent to harm.&lt;p&gt;Besides, I’m sure SuperMicro just wants it to blow over and be done with it. Being in the news for a lawsuit will bring it up again and possibly harm them financially as people (managers who order) who don’t understand things have knee jerk reactions.</text></comment>
<story><title>France&apos;s AMF watchdog fines Bloomberg €5M over Vinci hoax</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-amf-bloomberg/frances-amf-watchdog-fines-bloomberg-5-million-over-vinci-hoax-idUSKBN1YK1VN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>privateprofile</author><text>Any guesses to why aren&amp;#x27;t Super Micro or other affected parties taking legal action, if it was a hoax like what&amp;#x27;s reported in this case?</text></item><item><author>wheybags</author><text>My trust of bloomberg has been pretty low since the spy chip story, that seems to have been just a hoax. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;features&amp;#x2F;2018-10-04&amp;#x2F;the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;features&amp;#x2F;2018-10-04&amp;#x2F;the-big-h...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tick_tock_tick</author><text>Being in the news several more times for a case about &amp;quot;spy chips&amp;quot; in your hardware isn&amp;#x27;t worth any money they&amp;#x27;d get?</text></comment>