More than 20GB of Intel source code and proprietary data dumped online

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Intel is investigating the purported leak of more than 20 gigabytes of its proprietary data and source code that a security researcher said came from a data breach earlier this year.

The data—which at the time this post went live was publicly available on BitTorrent feeds—contains data Intel makes available to partners and customers under NDA, a company spokeswoman said. Speaking on background, she said Intel officials don’t believe the data came from a network breach. She also said the company is still trying to determine how current the material is and that, so far, there is no signs the data includes any customer or personal information.

“We are investigating this situation,” company officials said in a statement. “The information appears to come from the Intel Resource and Design Center, which hosts information for use by our customers, partners and other external parties who have registered for access. We believe an individual with access downloaded and shared this data.”

Exconfidential Lake

The data was published by Tillie Kottmann, a Swiss software engineer who offered barebones details on Twitter. Kottmann has dubbed the leak “exconfidential Lake,” with Lake being a reference to the Intel insider name for its 10 nanometer chip platform. They said they obtained the data from a source who breached Intel earlier this year and that today’s installment would be followed by others in the future.

“Most of the things here have NOT been published ANYWHERE before and are classified as confidential, under NDA or Intel Restricted Secret,”

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