I don't think it's just that the flaw exists, which alone is pretty bad, but how widely deployed it is in large enterprise, coupled with Intel ignoring it after being given years of notice and also the unease about AMT in the OSS community since it's deployment. To be honest, I doubt 9/10 people who care about this are going to stop using Intel, but it's still a comedy of errors and I think everyone loves a spectacle.

> Intel ignoring it after being given years of notice

Sure about that? From what I can tell, it's a recently discovered vulnerability that was promptly fixed.

According to SemiAccurate (terrible name for a source) they reported it to Intel some time ago.

As far as I know, Embedi and not SemiAccurate found and reported the issue.

https://www.embedi.com/files/white-papers/Silent-Bob-is-Sile...

> An authentication bypass vulnerability, which will be later known as CVE-2017-5689, was originally discovered in mid-February of 2017 while doing side-research on the internals of Intel ME firmware. The first objects of interest were network services and protocols.

No, it looks like it's not getting enough attention. (Well, OK, it is not terribly surprising.)