Intel is Being Sued Over the ‘Downfall’ CPU Vulnerability for $10K per Plaintiff

A class-action lawsuit had been filed against Intel due to a critical “Downfall” vulnerability in Intel CPUs, a defect that Intel was aware of since 2018 but neglected to report. According to Intel, the only way to “fix” it is to apply a patch that reduces CPU performance by up to 50% when performing some common computing […]

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