- Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) confirms that some of its new chips have a remote hacking vulnerability.
- Hackers who have access to a network could exploit holes in the Management Engine on the chips to run malware or even take over the computer.
- Affected chips include the 6th, 7th and 8th generation Core family, three Xeon processors, and Apollo Lake Atom and Pentium.
- Intel released a detection tool to check if a system is vulnerable.
- Intel shares are down 0.5%.
- Previously: Samsung will take Intel's top spot in semiconductor market (Nov. 21)