Intel suddenly released its earnings report
Intel Corporation released the latest financial report in advance yesterday night, but in fact, Intel plans to release the financial report after the trading day to avoid compliance issues.
The reason that forced Intel to release its earnings report in advance turned out to be a hacker attack. Intel’s chief financial officer said that hackers had stolen sensitive information from Intel in advance.
This sensitive information is mainly related to financial aspects. For Intel, if sensitive information is stolen in advance, it may harm the direct interests of Intel investors.
The sensitive information that hackers can obtain is enough to intervene in Intel stocks, and it is precisely for this reason that Intel releases financial reports immediately after discovering the problem.
The financial report shows that more users are buying computers to work at home due to the epidemic, which has led to an abnormal and unexpected increase in shipments of Intel processors and other peripheral accessories.
In fact, the overall sales of personal computers have gradually declined in the past years, but due to the epidemic, the sales of personal computers have resumed growth.
Intel has also sold a large number of processor products with this trend, and sales of powerful gaming processors have also been much better than in previous quarters.
For example, a report released by the market research firm IDC showed that PC shipments in the quarter increased by 26%, which directly set the largest single-quarter increase in 10 years, and the follow-up situation was good.
Intel’s processor sales in the quarter soared by more than 33%, which made Intel’s quarterly financial report very eye-catching, so the stock price also rose rapidly.
Intel did not disclose the specific time of the attack, but it is known that the hacker has stolen during the opening transaction and the data may have been leaked.
At present, Intel has reported the hacking behavior to local law enforcement agencies and relevant regulatory agencies. For more details, an Intel spokesperson said it is investigating.
Via: businessinsider
