Hackers Threaten to Release 112 GB of Data from GIGABYTE, including Confidential Documents from AMD and Intel

[Tsing]

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GIGABYTE confirmed last week that it was the latest hardware manufacturing giant to fall victim to unscrupulous hackers who succeeded in breaching the company’s security and servers.



RansomEXX, the ransomware group that is reportedly responsible for the attack, is now threatening to leak all of the files that it managed to steal unless the company meets its demands. There is reportedly 112 GB of data in total, some of which presumably offer intimate insight on some of the designs for GIGABYTE’s upcoming motherboards, graphics cards, and other major hardware products.



The stolen data includes confidential documents from both AMD and Intel, such as an Intel “Potential Issues” document, an “Ice Lake D SKU stack update schedule,” and an AMD revision guide.



RansomEXX has also leaked images confirming that it has confidential...

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[Dogsofjune]

Ooo, someone has some explaining to do before they lose their job.

 

[Paul_Johnson]

Bad week for Gigabyte and it is only Tuesday.

 

[Grimlakin]

Man... Imagine if those faulty power supplies... had internal communications stating that they KNEW they had an explosive potential....

I think Gigabyte is going to pay on this one grin and smile and nod and walk away. It will be VERY interesting to see if they involve authorities.

 

[Dan_D]

Honestly, that's not the most damning thing they could have leak. There are things about the motherboard, CPU and GPU industries that GIGABYTE and other stakeholders do not want known by the general public. Let's say, the BOM for an upcoming motherboard comes out and the public finds out it's less than half the cost to build vs. what it sells for. Hell, it won't just be GIGABYTE that would hate that.

That being said, that's a theoretical example. I know that margins aren't really that high on motherboards. But, GPU's on the other hand are another matter. Same for monitors, and other things. It could get real interesting.

 

[Burticus]

Oh no... hackers might have found out about a Gigabyte motherboard RMA I did back in 2007....