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

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The article says there was a fix for a specific set of server CPUs, but not for consumer 3000 and 4000 series CPUs until December-ish.