Thursday, August 6th 2020
Intel Hit by a Devastating Data Breach, Chip Designs, Code, Possible Backdoors Leaked
Intel on Thursday was hit by a massive data-breach, with someone on Twitter posting links to an archive that contains the dump of the breach - a 20-gigabyte treasure chest that includes - but not limited to - Intel Management Engine bringup guides, flashing tools, samples; source code of Consumer Electronics Firmware Development Kit (CEFDK); silicon and FSP source packages for various platforms; an assortment of development and debugging tools; Simics simulation for "Rocket Lake S" and other platforms; a wealth of roadmaps and other documents; shcematics, documents, tools, and firmware for "Tiger Lake," Intel Trace Hub + decoder files for various Intel ME versions; "Elkhart Lake" silicon reference and sample code; Bootguard SDK, "Snow Ridge" simulator; design schematics of various products; etc.
The most fascinating part of the leak is the person points to the possibility of Intel laying backdoors in its code and designs - a very tinfoil hat though likely possibility in the post-9/11 world. Intel in a comment to Tom's Hardware denied that its security apparatus had been compromised, and instead blamed someone with access to this information for downloading the data. "We are investigating this situation. The information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners and other external parties who have registered for access. We believe an individual with access downloaded and shared this data," a company spox said.
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Tom's Hardware
The most fascinating part of the leak is the person points to the possibility of Intel laying backdoors in its code and designs - a very tinfoil hat though likely possibility in the post-9/11 world. Intel in a comment to Tom's Hardware denied that its security apparatus had been compromised, and instead blamed someone with access to this information for downloading the data. "We are investigating this situation. The information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners and other external parties who have registered for access. We believe an individual with access downloaded and shared this data," a company spox said.
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Now is the right time to dump all the Intel123 Stocks, while is value some cents..
A backdoor build in by intel is'nt a unreal situation either. But if there is any solid proof for that, then Intel is screwed. Getting to the public that backdoors in Intel CPU's do exist and can be exploited to this day is just game over.
So, I'm going to say it again. Something is wrong with Intel's ranks and this is evident prove. For me it kinda is especially if you see the struggle Intel has at this point with basically a lot of stuff. Starting from CPU volume to new node and performance of the products. This has to account for something sketchy going on at Intel.
...... but we'll see what the rest of the day holds!
Do you want to treat the symptoms or solve the underlying problem?
As a moderator-- maybe if were professional and set a good example we would have better comments over all, and my ignore list could be less extensive?
Well done Intel, you found a perfect argument to be delayed again. Onwards to stagnation!Badum tssThey have a movie on that called Idiocracy. Even just the intro is pure gold and cold hard truth all wrapped into a minute.
Engineering sample of Zen 3 (a 4950X) hitting 4.9Ghz earlier is even more bad news for them
Might want to hold our horses on the verdict. Intel shares strategic data with its partners for example, its not exactly special. They need to know what's coming.