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Intel victim of a hack, 20 GB of internal data circulating on the web

The bad news follows for the manufacturer of microprocessors Intel. Indeed, just out of a significant drop in its stock market price (due to the delay in the release of its latest generation chips), the company is currently facing a massive internal data leak. No less than 20 GB of sensitive data, some of which stamped “confidential”, circulate on the web.

The leak was revealed by Swiss software engineer Till Kottmann, who runs a very popular Telegram channel where data from large companies is published. These files were apparently transmitted to him by an anonymous hacker who managed to infiltrate Intel’s servers and exfiltrate a large volume of confidential data.

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A leak confirmed to be genuine after examining the contents of the files by ZDNet and cybersecurity engineers. According to Kottmann, this leak is only the beginning of a series of leaks that will soon impact the company.

What Intel has revealed so far

In a statement, Intel disputed Kottman’s claims and ruled out any possibility of piracy, while indicating that it was investigating this matter. According to the company, “ this data leak comes from its Resource And Design Center where the data intended for use by registered customers and partners, who have access to it, is housed ».

Intel thinks someone with this kind of access uploaded and shared them. An explanation which seems to corroborate the facts, because the links contained in the files examined by ZDNet effectively redirect to the Intel Design Center.

However, the copy of conversation between Kottman and the alleged pirate, received by ZDNet, calls this explanation into question. Indeed, the alleged hacker confides that the data did not come from an account linked to the Intel Design Center. Rather, they come from a poorly secured server in the box, hosted on the Akamai CDN.

Quite a few leaks to come?

According to ZDNet, the leaked files contained internal design information for various chipsets, source codes, debugging tools, training videos and marketing materials, BIOS programs for various platforms, as well as firmware for the new Tiger processors Intel Lake.

It also contained various information dating back to 2016 concerning technical specifications, product guides and manuals for processors.

However, no sensitive data on Intel’s customers or employees was disclosed. And in all likelihood, the leaked series isn’t about to end there. The question being, what other Intel trade secrets may soon be revealed.




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