AMD is currently facing a potentially massive data breach. The company announced on Tuesday that it has begun investigating the breach following a news report that included blurry screenshots of allegedly stolen data. It is not clear how large-scale the breach is, but it is said to include future products, customer databases, employee information and other confidential data.

AMD faces data breach: Future products at stake

“We are aware of a cybercriminal organization alleging a breach of AMD data,” AMD said in a statement shared with Bloomberg. We are working closely with law enforcement and a third-party hosting partner to investigate the allegation and the significance of the data.”

IntelBroker, a well-known hacker, posted a sample of the stolen data on a dark website called BreachForums. IntelBroker’s post states that the data includes future AMD products, specification tables, employee and customer databases, source code, firmware, financial documents and ownership details.

It is not clear how big the breach was and what price the data was sold for. IntelBroker has previously been implicated in data breaches targeting Los Angeles International Airport, Europol and Home Depot. This is not AMD’s first breach. In 2022, a hacker group called RansomHouse stole some 450 GB of data from the company.

However, AMD doesn’t seem too worried about the breach. “Based on our investigation, we believe that a limited amount of information related to features used to assemble certain AMD products was accessed on a third-party vendor site. We do not believe this data breach will have a material impact on our business or operations.” It is unclear what products the hacker accessed or whether details about future products will be revealed later. However, a screenshot captured by VideoCardz shows AMD products released last year, including the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and Ryzen 7 8700G. If the breach involves future products, we will probably hear about t