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Anthony Spadafora

Intel Boot Guard keys leak as a result of MSI data breach — what this means for you

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Laptops and computers using Intel chips could be at risk after a data breach at MSI which also led to a leak of Intel Boot Guard keys.

Back in March of this year, MSI was attacked by the Money Message ransomware gang that claims to have stolen 1.5TB of data including firmware, source code and databases according to BleepingComputer. The cybercriminal group demanded a ransom of $4 million from the company but when MSI refused to pay up, Money Message began leaking all of this stolen data on its data leak site.

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