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Massive 20GB Intel IP Data Breach Floods the Internet, Mentions Backdoors (archive)

A leaker today posted on Twitter a link to a file sharing service that contains what an anonymous source claims is a portion of Intel's crown jewels: A 20GB folder of confidential Intel intellectual property. The leaker dubbed the release the "Intel exconfidential Lake Platform Release ;)."

[...] The folder has been posted by an anonymous source that claims more is coming soon, and while we don't know the exact specifics of the folder's contents, we have verified that it does exist. In fact, the title of many of the documents do correlate to the list of purported information posted by the leaker:

• 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 Intel 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
• (very horrible) Kabylake FDK training videos
• Intel Trace Hub + decoder files for various Intel ME versions
• Elkhart Lake Silicon Reference and Platform Sample Code
• Some Verilog stuff for various Xeon Platforms, unsure what it is exactly.
• Debug BIOS/TXE builds for various Platforms
• Bootguard SDK (encrypted zip)
• Intel Snowridge / Snowfish Process Simulator ADK
• Various schematics
• Intel Marketing Material Templates (InDesign)
• Lots of other things

[...] The poster encourages downloaders to look for mentions of 'backdoors' in some of the Intel source code, and even provides a sample clip of one such listing, but we aren't sure of the intentions behind the listings in the code.

The source appears to be an employee of Intel or a company partnered with Intel. The roadmaps alone could be a big deal depending on how detailed they are. Some of this information could be relevant to a recent class-action lawsuit over "7nm" delays.

Also at AnandTech, Wccftech, AdoredTV, Ars Technica, and ZDNet.

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "Massive 20GB Intel IP Data Breach Floods the Internet, Mentions Backdoors" - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/massive-20gb-intel-data-breach-floods-the-internet-mentions-backdoors
3. "archive" - http://archive.is/BJfpb
4. "recent class-action lawsuit" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/07/31/1622254
5. "AnandTech" - https://www.anandtech.com/show/15962/intel-data-breach-20gb-of-ip-leaked
6. "Wccftech" - https://wccftech.com/massive-intel-breach-20gb-of-confidential-cpu-design-ip-information-leaked/
7. "AdoredTV" - https://adoredtv.com/hacker-leaks-20gb-of-intel-confidential-and-secret-data/
8. "Ars Technica" - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/08/intel-is-investigating-the-leak-of-20gb-of-its-source-code-and-private-data/
9. "ZDNet" - https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-investigating-breach-after-20gb-of-internal-documents-leak-online/
10. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=42564

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