The last few days rumours have circulated that two potentially catastrophic chip flaws, which allow hackers to steal private and sensitive data, may be present in more than 90% of the world’s computers.
The security experts who discovered the issue, which they say affects an entire generation of computers, mobile devices and cloud networks, released a proof of concept code to confirm their reported findings.
Developers signing non-disclosure agreements meant there had been no word on the validity of these claims from insiders who built the faulty systems. Until now.
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