Data for sale: AMD investigates alleged data leak
A data hacker is offering internal data from chip manufacturer AMD in an underground forum. The archive is said to originate from a cyberattack.
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AMD is currently investigating a possible data leak. A post in the underground forum BreachForums with internal data offered for sale suggests a cyberattack. There is no official confirmation of this yet.
Much still unclear
The data hacker with the pseudonym IntelBroker claims to be in possession of internal data on future AMD products, employee information such as email addresses and source code, among other things. So far, he has only published a small excerpt of the data in the article as proof.
He states that the archive originates from an IT attack in June 2024. It is still unclear whether the attack took place and, if so, how it was carried out. A response to a request from heise Security to AMD is still pending. According to media reports, the chip manufacturer is currently investigating the incident.
IntelBroker is an active member of BreachForums. Among other things, he is responsible for the break-in at the Europol forum and the cyberattack on the British army's accounting system.
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