U.S. Government Officials Raise Concerns Over Intel’s Long Delay Informing Government on Chip Flaws

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U.S. Government Officials Raise Concerns Over Intel’s Long Delay Informing Government on Chip Flaws

By CircleID Reporter
February 22, 2018, 9:23 pm PST Views: 6,875 Add Comment

Latest reports suggest Intel Corporation did not inform U.S. cyber security officials about the so-called Meltdown and Spectre chip security flaws until they were leaked to the public six months after Intel was notified about the problem. Stephen Nellis reporting in Reuters: “Current and former U.S. government officials have raised concerns that the government was not informed of the flaws before they became public because the flaws potentially held national security implications. Intel said it did not think the flaws needed to be shared with U.S. authorities as hackers had not exploited the vulnerabilities.” Details of when the chip flaws were disclosed were detailed in letters sent by Intel, Alphabet and Apple Inc on Thursday in response to questions from Oregon Republican Representative.

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