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Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The bug allows attackers to swipe data from a CPU’s registers. […] the exploit doesn’t require physical hardware access and can be triggered by loading JavaScript on a malicious website.

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[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is really bad. Mostly because there's nothing to be done other than shutting down any of the affected processors until some time in the fall.

[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

My desktop still on Zen+ 👀