This is getting even more dodgier:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/reu...israeli-firm-says-it-finds-amd-chip-flaw.html
"New York-based cyber security firm Trail of Bits told Reuters that it had verified the findings from CTS, which paid $16,000 for a review of the AMD vulnerabilities.
A Trail of Bits analyst spent a week reviewing detailed technical reports from CTS, along with "proof of concept" code that could be used to launch attacks on computers running vulnerable AMD chips, Trail of Bits Chief Executive Dan Guido told Reuters.
"These are real security issues in AMD code and processors" that hackers could exploit to manipulate or steal secure data, he said.
For the attacks to work, an attacker must first obtain administrator access to a targeted network, Guido said. ( Reporting by Jim Finkle in Toronto, Arjun Panchadar; Additional reporting by Noel Randewich in New York, Saqib Ahmed in New York and Shariq Khan in Bengalure; Editing by Susan Thomas and Grant McCool)"