The Grayshift Predicament

I am sure you have all read the news of Grayshift’s issues battling extortionists and their ilk. I have, however, not seen any significant commentary regarding the data theft this SNAFU could facilitate.
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Intel Warns Beijing of Spectre/Meltdown, Forgets to Call Washington, DC

The stupidity just won’t stop from the executives at Intel; Indeed… H/T
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Another Flawed Bit of Intel Corp Nonsense, The Active Management Technology Vector

Reportedly, Harry Sintonen, empolyed at F-Secure as a security researcher, discovered during the course of his labors – a flaw in Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) firmware. Ooops.
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Linux: Check for Meltdown/Spectre Vulnerability

Martin Brinkmann writing at his superaltive GHacks site, provides a comprehensive tutorial for Linux targeting Meltdown and Spectre vulnerability; and as is typical for Mr. Brinkmann, he has the script stting at GitHub. Very Nice, thanks Martin!
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