Intel, AMD accused of 'willful ignorance' in allowing chips to get to Russia

Date:
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:20:00 +0000

Description:
The Ukrainians are suing US tech firms over Russian bombs allegedly carrying their tech.

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Three giants of the US computer hardware industry - Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments - are being sued by dozens of Ukrainian civilians. The plaintiffs are arguing that these companies decided to look the other way whilst Russia used their hardware to build bombs which later killed Ukrainian citizens.

According to Bloomberg, the plaintiffs are being represented by an American
law firm, Baker Hostetler, and are saying the three firms demonstrated
willful ignorance since Russia was able to buy the hardware from third
parties to whom the three firms sold their products.

Among the third parties is Mouser Electronics which allegedly helped Russian proxies obtain the hardware. Its VP of Marketing, Kevin Hess, told Bloomberg that the company did not want to discuss the matter over media, but rather -
in the courtroom.

Bloomberg says, citing filings which arent public yet, that the plaintiffs detailed five attacks between 2023 and 2025 that killed dozens of people, and in at least one of those incidents, Iranian-made drones were used, which also contained Intel and AMD parts.

These companies know their chip technology is making its way into Russia, Watts, a veteran US mass-tort lawyer, said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday morning.

Intel, on the other hand, told the publication that it doesnt do business in Russia, suspended all shipments to the country (and to Belarus) when the war started, and is operating in strict accordance with export laws, sanctions
and regulations in the US and every market in which we operate, and we hold
our suppliers, customers, and distributors accountable to these same
standards.

Texas Instruments and AMD are yet to officially comment on the news, but both have said in the past that they fully comply with sanctions requirements, and that they stopped doing business in Russia with the start of the war.

Via Cybernews

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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/intel-amd-accused-of-willful-ignorance- in-allowing-chips-to-get-to-russia

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