Intel is looking really skeevy on this. Won't them lying and downlplaying bite them harder? How is this level of misrepresenting and covering up not criminal?

Intel is looking really skeevy on this. Won't them lying and downlplaying bite them harder? How is this level of misrepresenting and covering up not criminal? EDIT - Why the downvotes? I seriously don't understand why they are doing it this way. They have actively blamed other companies, like NVidia (not that I like them either, but they simply didn't cause this issue). There are multiple teams claiming denied RMAs during the period Intel knew about the oxidation. They didn't announce this until multiple outlets started talking about it. They did 2 different announcements with different explanations and the more mild one first. Their statements are contradictory at least in part. This just isn't how people acting in good faith behave. Using intel's past behavior as an example they have previously handled problems. With spectre they were way more transparent and just published findinds on problems without hiding them for years.