How the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities stayed secret for 7 months but were eventually revealed after rumors and suspicious Linux kernel patches surfaced (Russell Brandom/The Verge)

Russell Brandom / The Verge:
How the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities stayed secret for 7 months but were eventually revealed after rumors and suspicious Linux kernel patches surfaced  —  How an industry-breaking bug stayed secret for seven months — and then leaked out  —  When Graz University …

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