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They have since rewritten that sentence from:

> The attack can even be carried out remotely through JavaScript on a website, meaning that the attacker need not have physical access to the computer or server.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230725020052/https://blog.clou...

To:

> Currently the attack can only be executed by an attacker with an ability to execute native code on the affected machine. While there might be a possibility to execute this attack via the browser on the remote machine it hasn’t been yet demonstrated.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230726204030/https://blog.clou...

I think I am vindicated -- they did just make that up, likely from the claim posted here.



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