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		earenndil on Jan 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AMD ships microcode update to disable some branch ... All OSes will be patched soon and then no one will be attacking using this exploit anymore.

ivanbakel on Jan 6, 2018 [–]

Plenty of legacy OSes will not receive any patches, plenty of current OS instances will not be updated by technically incompetent owners, and either way attacks using this exploit will continue to be profitable.

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