Gigabyte servers hacked: 112GB of secret data from AMD, Intel leaked

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34 points·dmitrygr··5 comments

The article's details are scarce. But if this contains technical information, please pretty please post a torrent regardless of whether you're paid ransom. Sincerely, those of us concerned about the future of personal computing.

Alas, that would damage the ransomers' credibility. To the degree victims believe they can walk away without further repercussions after the transaction, the more they're willing to pay in ransom. Leaking victims' data means less money in the ransomers' pockets.

It doesn't sound like the data has been exfiltrated, it just sounds like basic ransomware (encrypted on Gigabyte's computers). In fact, in the message, the hackers are asking the victims to send them any encrypted file, not sure why.

If it has been exfiltrated, I wonder if it contains info about Intel's Management Engine (ME) and AMD's Platform Security Processor (PSP).

The upload of an encrypted file could allow the victim to verify the hackers are indeed able to decrypt files?

This article has more detail: https://therecord.media/motherboard-vendor-gigabyte-hit-by-r...

Including some evidence that some data was exfiltrated.

Tom's hardware is crediting this "The Record" page with images for it's story.(https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-ransomware-hack)

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