“We are aware of the media reports but at this stage have no reason to doubt the detailed assessments made by AWS and Apple,”
This is a pretty mild statement, would not say it backs Apple and Amazon.
This is a pretty mild statement, would not say it backs Apple and Amazon.
"Defence will continue to work with the ACSC [Australian Cyber Security Centre] to continue to monitor the situation," the spokesperson said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-10-05/supermicro-mal...
"We have no reason to doubt" is not a weasel statement. "At this stage" is a weasel statement, but only in the sense that it means "We haven't investigated this or seen any evidence ourselves, and until we do we'll go with the line taken by Apple and AWS."
This can be taken as meaning "The US has given us details and asked us to deny them" - which makes no sense, IMO.
Or "The US has given us no details" - which is rather more likely.