Intel suffered a data breach, where the hackers leaked 20 gigabytes of its proprietary data.
Intel suffered a data breach, where the hackers leaked 20 gigabytes of its proprietary data.
Till Kottman, a Swiss software engineer said he received the files from an anonymous hacker.
The leaked information contains various internal documents - some of them marked “confidential” and “restricted secret” and was under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). The leaked files included technical specs, product guides and manuals for CPUs dating back to 2016.
There is also some evidence leaking the BIOS code as well as debugging tools developed by the chipmaker. The hackers uploaded the files on the Kim Dotcom-created MEGA file-sharing website. The source says more detailed data will be released shortly.
Intel claims that information comes from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by customers, partners and other external parties who have registered for access. Intel believes that any individual with access downloaded and shared this data.
Below a list of the content comprised in the leak:
- Intel ME Bringup guides + (flash) tooling + samples for various platforms
- Kabylake (Purley Platform) BIOS Reference Code and Sample Code + Initialization code (some of it as exported git repos with full history)
- Intel CEFDK (Consumer Electronics Firmware Development Kit (Bootloader stuff)) SOURCES
- Silicon / FSP source code packages for various platforms
- Various Development and Debugging Tools
- Simics Simulation for Rocket Lake S and potentially other platforms
- Various roadmaps and other documents
- Binaries for Camera drivers Intel made for SpaceX
- Schematics, Docs, Tools + Firmware for the unreleased Tiger Lake platform
- Kabylake FDK training videos
- Intel Trace Hub + decoder files for various Intel ME versions
- Elkhart Lake Silicon Reference and Platform Sample Code
- Debug BIOS/TXE builds for various Platforms
- Bootguard SDK (encrypted zip)
- Intel Snowridge / Snowfish Process Simulator ADK
- Various schematics
- Intel Marketing Material Templates (InDesign)
“If you find password-protected zips in the release the password is either Intel123 or intel12, ” notes Kottman.
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