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Similar attacks were the underlying cause ofSpectre and MeltdowninIntel’s chips years ago.
Both of these new vulnerabilities target features aimed at speeding up processing by guessing at future instructions.
The speeding up can leave traces in memory which can be used to extract sensitive information.
This method has been used to retrieveGmailinbox data,Amazonorders and browsing data and Reddit user activity.
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