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RE: The Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerability - Act Now!
So we lived and survived both bugs for 20 years and now it is a problem? Only new hardware is solution, hmmmmm... I don’t know...it looks like hardware companies like it! Buy, buy, buy... in other words companies are saying to criminals “we will show you where to hit, it will be profitable for both parties”
When no one knew the hole (20 years! lol - it seems unbelievable, but in security issues it's possible), everyone was quite safe. But not 100% safe, still probably >99.9% safe.
But today that the exploit is on public domain, everyone know it and can try to figure out how to exploit, this can excalate quick.
PS: by the way, when an exploit is possible, it's better not to ignore, but speak to all the community and try the best to fix it. :)
It was several teams of researchers (from institutes that are not affiliated with the manufacturers) that exposed the bugs though.