AMT default password issues

[Karl Auer]

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/new-intel-flaw-leaves-corporate-laptops-
wide-open-481082

To be fair, this is more about people foolishly leaving a default
password in place, which is not really Intel's fault.

Also, I have my doubts that it could bypass Bitlocker encryption, but
maybe the key is stored in an area that AMT can access. I don't know
much about AMT, but it strikes me as a classic example of a Really Bad
Idea. Backdoors are all too often mismanaged.

Regards, K.
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