Intel confirms the leak of its Alder Lake BIOS' source code
Chip-maker Intel has reportedly confirmed that Cits Alder Lake BIOS' source code has been leaked by a third-party on anonymous image- board website 4chan and Microsoft-owned open source developer platform Github, in a 6GB file containing tools and code for building and optimising BIOS/UEFI images. The working of the 'BIOS/UEFF code of the computer is to initialise the hardware before the operating system has loaded, reports Tom's Hardware website. Intel said it is reaching out to both customers and the security research community to keep them informed of this situation. Meanwhile, Intel was yet to confirm who leaked the code. Also, Intel said there shouldn't be any security related issues as it doesn't "rely on obfuscation of information as a security measure".
