Intel confirmed the leak of the ‘Alder Lake BIOS’ source code by a third party on GitHub. Here’s all about it and what this means.
Intel confirms Alder Lake BIOS source code leak
The firm best known for the most used microprocessors in the world confirmed the leak of its Alder Lake BIOS source code by a third party on GitHub and an anonymous imageboard website 4chan. It was shared in a 6GB file with the code and tools for building and optimizing BIOS/UEFI images. (Ambien) The company is reaching out to the security research community and customers to keep them aware.
BIOS/UEFI initializes computer hardware before the operating system loads. It is also responsible for establishing connections to security mechanisms. However, the impact of the leak is low. This is because most motherboard vendors have similar information and tools available for building firmware. Additionally, there are no known attempts of ransom at the moment. This could also be a case of an employee sharing the source code inadvertently on a public platform.
More on the leak
“Our proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party. We do not believe this exposes any new security vulnerabilities as we do not rely on the obfuscation of information as a security measure. This code is covered under our bug bounty program within the Project Circuit Breaker campaign, and we encourage any researchers who may identify potential vulnerabilities to bring them to our attention through this program, ” stated a spokesperson for Intel.
Additionally, in Intel’s Project Circuit Breaker, a bug bounty program, the company is encouraging researchers to submit vulnerabilities. The move will win them prize money between $500 to $100,000 per bug, depending on its severity. Recently, Nvidia also suffered an attack leading to the theft of 1TB of data related to its
