GIGABYTE Launches New Motherboard BIOS Updates to Address Recent Security Concerns Involving App Center Backdoor

[Tsing]

GIGABYTE has announced that it will be rolling out new BIOS updates to address those reports from yesterday about how the company had sold millions of PC motherboards with a firmware backdoor. New beta BIOSes for Intel 700/600 and AMD 500/400 series motherboards are already available, according to GIGABYTE, while new BIOSes for Intel 500/400 and AMD 600 series chipset motherboards will be released later today. Eclypsium, a firmware-focused cybersecurity company, detailed GIGABYTE's oversight in a blog post dated May 31.

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[Grimlakin]

That's a good turnaround. Makes me think they had some forewarning or knew about this already.