This link was posted by [transpute](https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=transpute) 1 hour ago on [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35843566). It received 90 points and 20 comments.

>The leaked private keys ... were distributed to various OEMs, including Intel itself, Lenovo, and Supermicro.

So, it was a shared key. Intel built a security system that depends on several huge organizations keeping one key secure -- all it took was one org to fail and millions of CPUs now have a chunk of worthless circuitry.

How does anyone still consider Intel to be a smart company?

orthzar

What's the impact of this? Does it mean anything for users of Intel chips? Maybe they might now installed malware app? Does it affect Intel-based macs?