Security News > 2020 > March > AMD dials 911, emits DMCA takedowns after miscreant steals a load of GPU hardware blueprints, leaks on GitHub

On Wednesday, AMD confirmed intellectual property related to its graphics processors was stolen last year, though insisted the leaked files will not damage its business nor compromise product security.

Two days ago, AMD issued two Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notices to GitHub, directing the Microsoft-owned code storage biz to remove five repositories - an original repo and four copies - that contained confidential internal hardware source code for its Navi family of GPUs.

"While we are aware the perpetrator has additional files that have not been made public, we believe the stolen graphics IP is not core to the competitiveness or security of our graphics products," AMD said.

According to TorrentFreak, an unidentified individual obtained and leaked hardware design source code - the human-friendly-ish language used to describe a chip's workings - related to the Navi 10 and Navi 21 GPUs in AMD's Radeon RX 5000 series, as well as AMD's unreleased Arden GPU, which is expected to be part of Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Series X console.

The miscreant claimed they "Found AMD Navi GPU hardware source codes in a hacked computer" in November last year, adding: "I haven't spoken to AMD about it because I am pretty sure that instead of accepting their mistake and moving on, they will try to sue me. So why not just leak it to everyone?".

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