From: "Patram, Worapat" <worapat.patram@intel.com>
Date: Jan 16, 2018 2:29 PM
Subject: Intel Responds to Security Research Findings
To: "Chamras Tantreesukhon" <chamras@tct.or.th>
Cc:

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Telecommunication Association of Thailand,

 You may have seen news of the security research findings about potential exploits of computing devices. You can find the statement we issued shortly after publication of the research findings here (and reproduced in part below for your convenience).

I would like to reach out to inform you know that Intel is committed to product and customer security and has been working closely with other companies, including AMD, ARM Holdings and several operating system vendors, to develop an industry-wide approach to resolve this issue quickly. Last week, Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, published a security-first pledge setting out Intel’s commitments to its customers.  

 Please let me know if you have any questions.  We would be happy to meet if you think it would be helpful to do so.

Sincerely Yours,

Worapat Patram

Director of Public Policy, SEA

Intel Microelectronics (Thailand) Ltd.

Intel Responds to Security Research Findings

Intel and other technology companies have been made aware of new security research describing software analysis methods that, when used for malicious purposes, have the potential to improperly gather sensitive data from computing devices that are operating as designed. Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify or delete data.

Recent reports that these exploits are caused by a “bug” or a “flaw” and are unique to Intel products are incorrect. Based on the analysis to date, many types of computing devices — with many different vendors’ processors and operating systems — are susceptible to these exploits.

Intel is committed to product and customer security and is working closely with many other technology companies, including AMD, ARM Holdings and several operating system vendors, to develop an industry-wide approach to resolve this issue promptly and constructively. Intel has begun providing software and firmware updates to mitigate these exploits. Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time.

Check with your operating system vendor or system manufacturer and apply any available updates as soon as they are available. Following good security practices that protect against malware in general will also help protect against possible exploitation until updates can be applied.

Intel believes its products are the most secure in the world and that, with the support of its partners, the current solutions to this issue provide the best possible security for its customers.

Intel Microelectronics (Thailand) Ltd.

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