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Researchers discover potentially catastrophic exploit present in AMD chips (www.engadget.com)

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck I just got a brand new amd laptop

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fortunately, you're in luck:

Despite being potentially catastrophic, this issue is unlikely to impact regular people. That’s because in order to make full use of the flaw, hackers would already need deep access to an AMD-based PC or server. That’s a lot of work for a random home PC, phew, but could spell trouble for corporations or other large entities.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Well if they can get that deep into my qubes they deserve it.