20GB Leak of Intel Data

This was also submitted earlier, it just didn't gain much traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24073178

Are there any major implications that could come from leaking internal tools, firmware code, etc? I ask this as someone with no experience in this field and my only knowledge of security is related to OWASP and random, interesting articles I've read here on HN and r/netsec

bigger thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24074588