Chipmaker Intel probes reported website hack

“An infographic was hacked off of our PR newsroom site,” the newspaper quoted Mr Davis as saying

(Richard Drew/AP)

US computer chipmaker Intel says it is investigating a reported hack of its corporate website that prompted it to release a quarterly earnings report early.

The company’s chief financial officer, George Davis, told The Financial Times that Intel published its earnings ahead of the stock market’s close on Thursday because it believed a hacker had stolen financially sensitive information from its website.