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Chipmaking company AMD\u00a0 has allegedly suffered a massive data hack, which could include sensitive employee and customer data.<\/p>\n
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is currently working with law enforcement to investigate claims of a huge data breach. by hacking group IntelBroker. The first reports of the hack came through on X<\/a>, later to be reported on by PC Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 #DataBreach<\/a> \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n A potential data breach at AMD has been detected on a hacking forum: IntelBroker is selling the data.<\/p>\n According to the post, in June 2024, AMD suffered a data breach leading to the compromise of information such as future AMD products, spec sheets, employee\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/P28SvFt1Eo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 HackManac (@H4ckManac) June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cWe are aware of a cybercriminal organization claiming to be in possession of stolen AMD data,\u201d the company told PCMag on Tuesday. \u201cWe are working closely with law enforcement officials and a third-party hosting partner to investigate the claim and the significance of the data.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the original post on X, the data that could be at risk includes \u201cinformation such as future AMD products, spec sheets, employee databases, customer databases, property files, ROMs, source code, firmware, and finances.\u201d That\u2019s quite a range of information that could be sensitive to people both inside and outside of the company.<\/p>\n PC Gamer<\/a> reports that IntelBroker has previously successfully targeted the EU\u2019s law enforcement agency Europol and UK-based bank Barclays. As other sources on X<\/a> are also making claims that they have AMD\u2019s data for sale, it would seem that the group does have its hands on the confidential data.<\/p>\n However, some of the data appears to be out of date, with several employees visible on a screenshot of the stolen information marked as \u2018inactive.\u2019 If that\u2019s true for all the data, it could be that the information obtained is no longer pertinent (although it could also be that the more sensitive information is being withheld from public view for now).<\/p>\n With the chipmaking business making up the backbone of the PC industry, information on upcoming technology and models could be very valuable in the right hands. It remains to be seen how far the data hack reaches and what kind of outcome is in store for AMD.<\/p>\n AMD is not alone in suffering these sorts of cybercrime attacks<\/a>, with Dell<\/a> and a wide range of other major tech companies<\/a> also reporting similar breaches.<\/p>\n Featured image: Ideogram<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
How bad could this data hack be for AMD?<\/h2>\n