> Makes you wonder if the NSA knew about it all along :)
Former head of TAO Rob Joyce said "NSA did not know about the flaw, has not exploited it and certainly the U.S. government would never put a major company like Intel in a position of risk like this to try to hold open a vulnerability." [1]
Who knows if that's true or not, though. Certainly the U.S. government has done exactly that many times in the past (like with heartbleed).
Former head of TAO Rob Joyce said "NSA did not know about the flaw, has not exploited it and certainly the U.S. government would never put a major company like Intel in a position of risk like this to try to hold open a vulnerability." [1]
Who knows if that's true or not, though. Certainly the U.S. government has done exactly that many times in the past (like with heartbleed).
[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/huge-secu...