A hacker achieved the coup of the century by stealing confidential data on the components of AMD present in the next console from Microsoft.
As we watch a technical match between the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X for a week now, we discover that a little clever has got hold of essential information from AMD technology, which will be present in the machine of the American manufacturer .
AMD admits the facts via a press release, explaining that a hacker stole the source code of the Big Navi and Arden GPUs. Our colleagues from Torrentfreak contacted the hacker in question and the latter claims no less than $ 100 million for the information he holds.
If he can’t find a buyer, he threatens to reveal the source codes in question on the web in order to compromise the secret of the GPU imagined by AMD for Microsoft. AMD is doing its best to erase the first leaks that have appeared on the web in recent hours and is seeking to minimize the impact of the case.
“At AMD, data security and the protection of our intellectual property are a priority. In December 2019, we were contacted by a person who claimed to have test files linked to a subset of our current and future graphics products. , some of which have recently been published online, but have since been deleted.
While we are aware that the author has additional files that have not been made public, we believe that the data in question is not essential to the competitiveness or security of our graphics products. We do not know if the offender has information about another of our technologies.
We are working closely with law enforcement officials and other experts on an ongoing criminal investigation. “
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One thing is certain, Microsoft should not necessarily be delighted to discover that such sensitive information about its console is walking in the wild.
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